# Accident 19800105000319A: Beech S35, Springfield, MO, January 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1980, 08:25 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2227° N, 93.2483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWNTOWN (3DW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2227&lon=-93.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7944K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7944K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,686 total, 2,172 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800105000319A

## Narrative

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

MADE DEPARTURE WITHOUT WARMING ENGINE. LOST OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE FROZE, HIT WIRE LANDING IN A FIELD.

## 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 MKC80FCG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG09), Jan 5, 1980: Beech S35 (N7944K), Springfield, MO, substantial damage

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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