# Accident 19790328008649A: Piper PA30, Ludington, MI, March 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1979, 22:42 local time
- Place: Ludington, MI
- Airport: Mason Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9625° N, 86.4079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON COUNTY (LDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9625&lon=-86.4079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7733Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7733Y-1982-01-04) (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: 356 total, 159 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790328008649A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED IFR APPROACH IN ZERO ZERO WEATHER.AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES 3 MILES FROM AIRPORT ON FINAL APPROACH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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