# Incident 19900219021389I: Piper PA30, Tallahassee, FL, February 19, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1990, 02:26 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACDA
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7574Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7574Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,800 total, 400 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90IA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90IA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900219021389I

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH SEQUENCE FLASHING LIGHT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 MIA90IA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90IA072), Feb 19, 1990: Piper PA-30 (N7574Y), Tallahassee, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: PROPER GLIDEPATH NOT MAINTAINED.

## Other reports on N7574Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20260211005719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260211005719I), Feb 11, 2026: Piper PA-30 (N7574Y), Mattaponi, VA, Minor damage. On February 02, 2026, at approximately 1400 (EDT), the aircraft PA-30 entered downwind for runway 28 at fyj. Pilot stated that he had green landing gear down…

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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