# Accident 19800114005289A: Beech 3533, Mc Alester, OK, January 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1980, 18:12 local time
- Place: Mc Alester, OK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9261° N, 95.7736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAlester, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9261&lon=-95.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N620V-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 3533
- Reported engine: CONT IO470J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 826 total, 811 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800114005289A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST ENGINE ON NIGHT VFR CROSS-COUNTRY. ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING ON AIRPORT & CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA035), Jan 14, 1980: Beech 35-33 (N620V), Mcalester, OK, destroyed, 1 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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