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Date
November 13, 1987 · 14:12 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2BA
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total3,500 in this make and model60 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.
The pilot flew the aircraft low on final and a propeller hit a light pole. Landed safely. VASI out of service.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT LOW ON FINAL AND A PROPELLER HIT A LIGHT POLE. LANDED SAFELY. VASI OUT OF SERVICE.