19900105000179A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Tallahassee, FL · January 5, 1990

Date
January 5, 1990 · 20:08 local
Place
Tallahassee, FL
Airport
Tallahassee Regionall Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7030Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA90FA050
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
476 total164 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Spatial disorientation near dh on ILS approach, got below glide slope. Lost control and crashed near end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

SPATIAL DISORIENTATION NEAR DH ON ILS APPROACH, GOT BELOW GLIDE SLOPE.LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED NEAR END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.