# Accident 19790813043099A: Piper PA30, Redlands, CA, August 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1979, 11:04 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0556° N, 117.1825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redlands, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0556&lon=-117.1825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7595Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7595Y-1982-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 873 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790813043099A

## Narrative

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

AFTER AN ILS APPROACH, PILOT OBTAINED SPECIAL VFR TO OTHER AIRPORT. MISSED AIRPORT IN FOG, FLEW INTO MOUNTAIN-SIDE.

## 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 LAX79FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA066), Aug 13, 1979: Piper PA-30 (N7595Y), Redlands, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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