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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Bloomington, IN · March 23, 1978

Date: March 23, 1978 · 20:22 local
Place: Bloomington, IN
Airport: Monroe Co
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2610R
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2610RRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-35229 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot hit wires near ILS middle marker, blacked out the airport. Pilot landed safely at another airport.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HIT WIRES NEAR ILS MIDDLE MARKER, BLACKED OUT THE AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED SAFELY AT ANOTHER AIRPORT.