# Accident 19790322013059A: Piper PA30, Mobile, AL, March 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1979, 06:47 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8529Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8529Y-1980-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 230 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322013059A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA79FKJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ27), Mar 22, 1979: Piper PA-30 (N8529Y), Mobile, AL, 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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