# Accident 19800214003399A: Beech A35, Creston, IA, February 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1980, 16:55 local time
- Place: Creston, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BMAA
- Location: 41.0603° N, 94.3647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Creston, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0603&lon=-94.3647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71RT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71RT-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,472 total, 525 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800214003399A

## Narrative

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

STALLED CIRCLING TO LAND IN FREEZING RAIN. IMPACTED GROUND IN LEVEL ATTITUDE. AIRPLANE COVERED WITH 3/4 INCHES ICE.

## 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 MKC80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA022), Feb 14, 1980: Beech A35 (N71RT), Creston, IA, destroyed

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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