# Accident 19770504021809A: Beech H35, Lander, WY, May 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1977
- Place: Lander, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.8309° N, 108.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lander, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8309&lon=-108.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83W-1977-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 778 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770504021809A

## Narrative

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

FLT OVR HIGH ROUGH TERRAIN.RVRSED CUS,SETTLED INTO ROCKY TERRAIN ELEV 11500FT.FOUND 6/6/77.

## 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 DEN77FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA040), May 4, 1977: Beech J35 (N83W), Lander, WY, destroyed, 4 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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