# Incident 19850810054849I: Emb EMB110P1, New Bedford, MA, August 10, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1985, 13:57 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PBAA
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91PB-1996-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB110P1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 950 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850810054849I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

USED WRONG FREQUENCY ON APPROACH BUT CLEARED TO  LAND. ATC FAILED TO IDENTIFY BUT PILOT SAW FREQUENCY ERROR.

## Other reports on N91PB (1)

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

- [Incident 19870914068269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870914068269I), Sep 14, 1987: Emb EMB110P1 (N91PB), Albany, NY, Minor damage. The wingtip struck a parked dot aircraft, N4, during taxi. Pilot reported the aircraft veered left.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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