# Accident 19790927033789A: Beech B35, Ranger, TX, September 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Ranger, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4695° N, 98.6757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ranger, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4695&lon=-98.6757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N311R-2024-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790927033789A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSERVED FLYING LOW IN AREA, MADE VERTICAL BANK. EVIDENCE INDICATES HIGH SPEED STALL. HIT NOSE DOWN.

## 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 FTW79FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA111), Sep 27, 1979: Beech C35 (N311R), Ranger, TX, 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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