What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot approaching below the VASI at night, hit power line
As the FAA filed it
PILOT APPROACHING BELOW THE VASI AT NIGHT, HIT POWER LINE
FAA incident report · Piper PA28140 · Middle River, MD · April 14, 1979
- Date
- April 14, 1979 · 20:15 local
- Place
- Middle River, MD
- Airport
- Glenn L Martin
- Phase of flight
- Final Approach
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N4571Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA28140
- People aboard
- 2
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 140 total140 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.