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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-236 · Lompoc, CA · September 26, 1990

Date
September 26, 1990 · 15:30 local
Place
Lompoc, CA
Airport
Vandenburg Afb
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N39500
Reported as
Piper PA28236
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
519 total11 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot over-flew destination and landed at wrong airport. Was in student status. Did not have single engine rating.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OVER-FLEW DESTINATION AND LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT. WAS IN STUDENT STATUS. DID NOT HAVE SINGLE ENGINE RATING.