33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 8, 1980 · 04:19 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Hartsfield
Phase of flight
Missed Approach IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PATA
Aircraft
N1304S
Reported as
Doug DC6B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,787 total99 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.
The aircraft narrowly missed the control tower while making a missed approach from an ILS approach.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT NARROWLY MISSED THE CONTROL TOWER WHILE MAKING A MISSED APPROACH FROM AN ILS APPROACH.