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FTW84LA168

1984-03-14 · HOUSTON, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport IAH

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT DEPARTED DALLAS, TX, AND WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN TO HOUSTON GULF PORT ARPT. UNABLE TO LANDTHERE DUE TO WX, THE PLT REQUESTED ATC VECTORS TO HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL (IAH). IAH ATC GAVE THE PLT VECTORS FOR AN ILS APCH TO RWY 08. THE PLT FLEW THE ILS APCH WITHOUT THE APCH CHARTS & CRASHED PAST THE END OF THE RWY DURING THE ATTEMPTED MISSED APCH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_FTW84LA168.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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