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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28RT201T · Richmond, VA · December 9, 1986

Date: December 9, 1986 · 13:00 local
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N83922
Reported as: Piper PA28RT201T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total550 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N83922Registered now · Piper PA-32-301S/N 32-8106069 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-301 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Unable to transmit on IFR approach. Asr made. Pilot was not IFR rated.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO TRANSMIT ON IFR APPROACH. ASR MADE. PILOT WAS NOT IFR RATED.