Date:	Friday 6 January 1978
Time:	09:35 LT
Type:	Piper PA-31 Navajo
Owner/operator:	United Brands
Registration:	TI-AFY
MSN:	31-7652075
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	7.5 miles from Anniston Regional Airport, Anniston, Alabama -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Fort Lauderdale Executive (KFXE)
Destination airport:	Anniston Regional Airport, Anniston, Alabama (ANB/KANB)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 6 January 1978 when crashed near Anniston, Alabama: aircraft experienced a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) during a missed approach. The pilot (sole person on board) was killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION. COSTA RICA REGISTERED AIRCRAFT. WEATHER ABOVE MINIMA. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN IN FOG AT 1,650 FEET, 7.5 MILES BEYOND AIRPORT".

1. NTSB Identification: MIA78FA029 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=42600&key=0&queryId=282b3353-722e-4041-b153-1d6ce5c75bbf&pgno=4&pgsize=50
2. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=214479505299572&story_fbid=764405790306938
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1978/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-anniston-1-killed/]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
09-May-2015 23:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Sep-2017 19:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, ]