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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Wheeling, IL · November 30, 1980

Date: November 30, 1980 · 10:03 local
Place: Wheeling, IL
Airport: Pal
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3014H
Reported as: Piper PA28161
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 76 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3014HRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7916182 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 misunderstood tower controller. Took wrong heading. Due to turbulence tower and pilot had communication gap.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD TOWER CONTROLLER. TOOK WRONG HEADING. DUE TO TURBULENCE TOWER AND PILOT HAD COMMUNICATION GAP.