30.8622° N, 100.6109° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ELDORADO (27R), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 23, 1987 · 20:30 local
Place
El Dorado, TX
Airport
Eldorado
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N731YY
Reported as
Cessna P210N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total6,000 in this make and model70 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.
Attempted night landing with runway lights out, struck wires on final approach.
As the FAA filed it
ATTEMPTED NIGHT LANDING WITH RUNWAY LIGHTS OUT, STRUCK WIRES ON FINAL APPROACH.