# Accident 19791103030699A: Beech F35, Silsbee, TX, November 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Silsbee, TX
- Airport: Hawthorne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3363° N, 94.2576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAWTHORNE FLD (45R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3363&lon=-94.2576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4270B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4270B-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 431 total, 48 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791103030699A

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AT NIGHT. FOUND BROKEN CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE.

## 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 FTW80FRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA09), Nov 3, 1979: Beech F35 (N4270B), Silsbee, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N4270B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780515033799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780515033799I), May 15, 1978: Beech F35 (N4270B), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot started engine with throttle full open, brakes would not hold. Collided with parked aircraft.

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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