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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA23 · Waterloo, IA · February 22, 1979

Date
February 22, 1979 · 18:56 local
Place
Waterloo, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N14261
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FA018
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,209 total68 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot on ILS approach in night IFR weather,allowed acft to impact ground 1 mile short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ON ILS APPROACH IN NIGHT IFR WEATHER,ALLOWED ACFT TO IMPACT GROUND 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.