# Accident 19791125037579A: Beech V35BTC, Delta, OH, November 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1979, 19:42 local time
- Place: Delta, OH
- Airport: Toledo Express
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5795° N, 84.0208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delta, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5795&lon=-84.0208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3949A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3949A-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35BTC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4,750 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791125037579A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON ILS APPROACH. LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY, TURBULENCE AND RAIN EXISTED IN AREA.

## 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 LAX80FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA011), Nov 25, 1979: Beech V35B (N3949A), Delta, OH, 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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