# Accident 19800104000349A: Beech 58, Eagle Lake, TX, January 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Eagle Lake, TX
- Airport: Eagle Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6000° N, 96.3219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE LAKE (ELA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6000&lon=-96.3219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81UC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81UC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-C (registry code 17209, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 526 total, 326 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800104000349A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG AND FAST WITH LIGHT WIND. UNABLE TO STOP ON RUNWAY. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY, HIT DITCH AND STEEL POSTS.

## 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 FTW80DRA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA16), Jan 4, 1980: Beech 58 (N81UC), Eagle Lake, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N81UC (1)

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

- [Incident 19841015056729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841015056729I), Oct 15, 1984: Beech 58 (N81UC), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Failed to extend the landing gear. Landed gear up.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.