# Accident 19790317021359A: Beech D35, Los Angeles, CA, March 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1979, 15:05 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2916B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2916B-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 7 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317021359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXCEEDED DESIGN LOAD LIMITS OF ACFT WHILE PERFORMING LOW LEVEL LOOPS. AIRFRAME SEPERATED IN FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX79FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA034), Mar 17, 1979: Beech D-35 (N2916B), Los Angeles, CA, 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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