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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 58P · Chantilly, VA · August 28, 1980

Date
August 28, 1980 · 19:55 local
Place
Chantilly, VA
Airport
Dulles
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2031Z
Reported as
Beech 58P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total320 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.

Pilot reported directional gyro inaccurate, then it quit. Center vectored him to runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED DIRECTIONAL GYRO INACCURATE, THEN IT QUIT. CENTER VECTORED HIM TO RUNWAY.