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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 76 · South Bend, IN · January 6, 1980

Date
January 6, 1980 · 18:06 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michigan Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N23842
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FET06
Reported as
Beech 76
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
846 total4 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Operated VFR into known icing. Windshield iced over. Made hard landing at destination. No deice equipment.

As the FAA filed it

OPERATED VFR INTO KNOWN ICING. WINDSHIELD ICED OVER. MADE HARD LANDING AT DESTINATION. NO DEICE EQUIPMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.