19781026028489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E90 · West Mifflin, PA · October 26, 1978

Date
October 26, 1978 · 13:45 local
Place
West Mifflin, PA
Airport
Allegheny Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81PS
Reported as
Beech E90
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total3,000 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft struck the runway in a wing low attitude from a circling approach. Damage to nose wheel, prop and engine.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY IN A WING LOW ATTITUDE FROM A CIRCLING APPROACH. DAMAGE TO NOSE WHEEL, PROP AND ENGINE.