19841226007259I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-150 · Del Rio, TX · December 26, 1984

Date
December 26, 1984 · 20:00 local
Place
Del Rio, TX
Airport
Laughlin Afb
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5516W
Reported as
Piper PA28150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Weather was deteriorating so pilot elected to land at air force base which was closed for the night.

As the FAA filed it

WEATHER WAS DETERIORATING SO PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT AIR FORCE BASE WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT.