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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58P · Houston, TX · May 3, 1981

Date
May 3, 1981 · 13:10 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100N
Reported as
Beech 58P
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total30 in this make and model30 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.

During ILS approach aircraft struck powerlines due downdraft and turbulence.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ILS APPROACH AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES DUE DOWNDRAFT AND TURBULENCE.