40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 23, 1979 · 17:56 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
KCI
Aircraft
N601KC
Reported as
Dhav DHC6*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total230 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.
Experienced electrical failure on approach. Found faulty generator.
As the FAA filed it
EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON APPROACH. FOUND FAULTY GENERATOR.