# Accident 19741223043609A: Beech 35BEECH, Vidor, TX, December 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1974
- Place: Vidor, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.1281° N, 93.9917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vidor, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1281&lon=-93.9917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80463, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80463-1975-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 4 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741223043609A

## Narrative

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

DEP & CONT IN KNOWN POOR WEA COND.HIT TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW75AF043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF043), Dec 23, 1974: Beech 35 (N80463), Vidor, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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