# Incident 19900710032479I: Piper PA23250, Washington, DC, July 10, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1990, 11:15 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62683 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 16 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900710032479I

## Narrative

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

INEXPERIENCED PILOT HAD AUTOPILOT FAILURE. ENGLISH IS SECOND LANGUAGE. WAS CONFUSED WORKING APPROACH AND LANDING.

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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