What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft struck powerlines on final approach at night.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES ON FINAL APPROACH AT NIGHT.
FAA incident report · Piper PA32R300 · Sugar Grove, IL · September 2, 1978
- Date
- September 2, 1978 · 00:15 local
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport
- Aurora Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Final Approach
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N31398
- Reported as
- Piper PA32R300
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 90 total17 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.