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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32260 · Keystone Height, FL · August 12, 1979

Date
August 12, 1979 · 20:55 local
Place
Keystone Height, FL
Airport
Keystone
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2052W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA113
Reported as
Piper PA32260
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
99 total25 in this make and model99 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.

VFR low-time plt flew acft into trees on final approach to rwy. Factors; dark night, unlit base leg area.

As the FAA filed it

VFR LOW-TIME PLT FLEW ACFT INTO TREES ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY. FACTORS; DARK NIGHT, UNLIT BASE LEG AREA.

NTSB investigation

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