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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Beech K35 · Charlottesville, VA · March 3, 1979

Date
March 3, 1979 · 19:07 local
Place
Charlottesville, VA
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
CFLUT
Reported as
Beech K35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,810 total1,200 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.

Non-instrument rated pilot tried ILS approach. Hit mountain. Factors: unskilled in type of operation, darkness.

As the FAA filed it

NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT TRIED ILS APPROACH. HIT MOUNTAIN. FACTORS: UNSKILLED IN TYPE OF OPERATION, DARKNESS.