# Accident 19800125001329A: Beech C90, Ellensburg, WA, January 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1980, 10:35 local time
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Airport: Bowers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0348° N, 120.5289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWERS FLD (ELN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0348&lon=-120.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444PS-2026-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 (registry code 52172, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,560 total, 340 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYP11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800125001329A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON CLOSED, UNPLOWED RUNWAY. HIT SNOW FURROW AT INTERSECTION. RUNWAY CONDITION NOT NOTAMED.

## 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 SEA80DYP11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP11), Jan 25, 1980: Beech C90 (N444PS), Ellensburg, WA, 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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