42.2403° N, 83.5315° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 22, 1981 · 13:07 local
Place
Ypsilanti, MI
Airport
Willow Run
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JWYA
Aircraft
N500JW
Reported as
Lear 23LEAR
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total2,100 in this make and model80 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 minumum altitude 5 miles from outer marker. Glideslope indicator failed without warning flag.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DESCENDED BELOW MINUMUM ALTITUDE 5 MILES FROM OUTER MARKER. GLIDESLOPE INDICATOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING FLAG.