# Accident 19791222040269A: Beech E18S, Orlando, FL, December 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1979, 00:40 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Herndon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N198B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N198B-2011-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 9 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791222040269A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WITH THREE PASSENGERS DEPARTED VFR AT NIGHT INTO LOW CEILING. LOSTCONTROL. CRASHED IN A CITY LAKE.

## 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 MIA80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA022), Dec 22, 1979: Beech E18S (N198B), Orlando, FL, destroyed, 4 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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