# Accident 19790415014279A: Beech 58, Boca Raton, FL, April 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1979, 09:20 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3708° N, 80.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boca Raton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3708&lon=-80.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20SB-1994-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 17,415 total, 0 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790415014279A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO COME OUT OF THE CLOUDS SPINNING, RECOVER IN A FLAT NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND HIT THE GROUND.

## 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 MIA79FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA071), Apr 15, 1979: Beech 58 (N20SB), Boca Ration, FL, destroyed, 2 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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