# Accident 19790223020249A: Piper PA31T, Baltimore, MD, February 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1979, 19:58 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6123A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6123A-1989-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,522 total, 136 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790223020249A

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES ON INITIAL VOR APCH. ATTEMPTED ASR APCH AT OTHER AIRPORT. HIT TREES 400 YARDS FROM RWY. WX BELOW MINIMUMS

## 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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA033), Feb 23, 1979: Piper PA-31T (N6123A), Baltimore, MD, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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