# Accident 19900105000179A: Piper PA30, Tallahassee, FL, January 5, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1990, 20:08 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3901° N, 84.5099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3901&lon=-84.5099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7030Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7030Y-1990-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 476 total, 164 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900105000179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA90FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA050), Jan 6, 1990: Piper PA-30 (N7030Y), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT FACTOR IN THAT HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN A/C CONTROL IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION CAUSED BY FIXATION OF AN UNDETERMINED LIGHT SOURCE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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