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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T1 · Montgomery, AL · November 4, 1988

Date
November 4, 1988 · 08:30 local
Place
Montgomery, AL
Airport
Dannelly Field
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N169DC
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,750 total

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.

Airport below minimums. Executed missed approach. Low fuel. Vectored to nearest airport. Declared emergency.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPORT BELOW MINIMUMS. EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH. LOW FUEL. VECTORED TO NEAREST AIRPORT. DECLARED EMERGENCY.