# Accident 19781203044789A: Beech F35, IL, December 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1978
- Place: IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Aircraft: N6DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6DF-1980-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,164 total, 494 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781203044789A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA018), Dec 3, 1978: Beech V35A (N6DF), Wheeling, IL, 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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