# Accident 19790526014489A: Beech F33A, Orleans, CA, May 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1979, 12:35 local time
- Place: Orleans, CA
- Airport: Orleans
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3015° N, 123.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orleans, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3015&lon=-123.5412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6083S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6083S-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526014489A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RISING TERRAIN DURING CLIMB OUT FROM ABORTED LANDING.

## 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 OAK79FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA032), May 26, 1979: Beech F33A (N6083S), Orleans, 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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