# Accident 19790222003419A: Piper PA23, Waterloo, IA, February 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1979, 18:56 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.4928° N, 92.3430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waterloo, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4928&lon=-92.3430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14261 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,209 total, 68 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790222003419A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA018), Feb 22, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N14261), Waterloo, IA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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