19810218004359A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Fort Wayne, IN · February 18, 1981

Date
February 18, 1981 · 22:53 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Baer Field
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7496J
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FA028
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total0 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 descended below minimums on ILS approach and crashed 1/8 mile from airport.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUMS ON ILS APPROACH AND CRASHED 1/8 MILE FROM AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N7496J · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.