- Date
- February 19, 1990, 02:28 local (07:28 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7574YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900219021389I
- Case key
- 32579
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Probable cause
Proper glidepath not maintained.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After executing a missed approach the pilot attempted a second approach. During the second approach the pilot became fixated on the instruments allowing him to sink below the guide path and not providing ample time to recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7574Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-640
- Airframe hours
- 5,424
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Academy Airlines
- Registered owner
- R.D. Mcswiggan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1990 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TLH · Tallahassee
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,800 total · 400 in this make and model · 21,600 as pilot in command · 290 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.