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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 58 · Middletown, PA · August 30, 1979

Date
August 30, 1979 · 06:00 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N868AF
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FA085
Reported as
Beech 58
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total300 in this make and model90 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.

Became too low on localizer approach. Struck trees on hill two miles short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

BECAME TOO LOW ON LOCALIZER APPROACH. STRUCK TREES ON HILL TWO MILES SHORT OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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