# Accident 19790907028499A: Beech D35, Bellingham, WA, September 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1979, 16:08 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7534° N, 122.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellingham, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7534&lon=-122.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N249D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N249D-1982-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 423 total, 146 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790907028499A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL. LOST PROPELLER BLADES. MADE EMERGENCY 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 SEA79FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA057), Sep 7, 1979: Beech D35 (N249D), Bellingham, WA, 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.

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