19800918041759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA31 · Paducah, KY · September 18, 1980

Date
September 18, 1980 · 07:34 local
Place
Paducah, KY
Airport
Barkley
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N777EB
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FLQ29
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total170 in this make and model353 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 attempted to align aircraft with runway during instrument approach and dragged wing tip, causing damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN AIRCRAFT WITH RUNWAY DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND DRAGGED WING TIP, CAUSING DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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