# Accident 19780620024409A: Beech V35, Hillsboro, KS, June 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1978
- Place: Hillsboro, KS
- Airport: Hillsboro Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.3527° N, 97.1996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsboro, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3527&lon=-97.1996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9576Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9576Q-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 693 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780620024409A

## Narrative

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

LEFT FLAP ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FAILED DUE IMPROPER ASSEMBLY OF SNAP .

## 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 MKC78FCQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCQ27), Jun 20, 1978: Beech V35 (N9576Q), Hillsboro, KS, 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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