# Accident 19790530011649A: Beech A36, Yuba City, CA, May 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Yuba City, CA
- Airport: Sutter Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1237° N, 121.6054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUTTER COUNTY (O52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1237&lon=-121.6054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17931, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17931) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 584 total, 584 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790530011649A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY. HIT RUNWAY LIGHTS. VEERED FURTHER LEFT INTO BALES OF HAY. CROSSWIND FACTOR.

## 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 OAK79DVG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG46), May 30, 1979: Beech A-36 (N17931), Yuba, CA, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.