# Accident 19791206040169A: Beech V35B, Show Low, AZ, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 07:10 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2655° N, 110.0057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOW LOW RGNL (SOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2655&lon=-110.0057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1863L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1863L-2009-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,365 total, 930 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206040169A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED SKIMMING TREE-TOPS THREE MILES FROM RUNWAY. CAUSE OF CRASH UNKNOWN.

## 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 LAX80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA022), Dec 6, 1979: Beech V35B (N1863L), Show Low, AZ, destroyed, 2 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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