# Accident 19800124001399A: Beech H35, Copperton, UT, January 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Copperton, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5661° N, 112.0979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Copperton, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5661&lon=-112.0979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7935D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7935D-1981-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,918 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124001399A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SPUN INTO GROUND DURING TRAINING CHECKOUT FLIGHT.

## 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 DEN80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA020), Jan 24, 1980: Beech H35 (N7935D), Copperton, UT, destroyed, 3 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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