19790322013059A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Mobile, AL · March 22, 1979

Date
March 22, 1979 · 06:47 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8529Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FKJ27
Reported as
Piper PA30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total230 in this make and model40 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.

Pilot below glide slope on instrument approach, hit obstructions 1.5 miles from rwy. FAR 91.170 was not current.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BELOW GLIDE SLOPE ON INSTRUMENT APPROACH, HIT OBSTRUCTIONS 1.5 MILES FROM RWY. FAR 91.170 WAS NOT CURRENT.

NTSB investigation

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