# Accident 19800215002989A: Beech H18, Olathe, KS, February 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1980, 15:28 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8814° N, 94.8191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olathe, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8814&lon=-94.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729F-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,566 total, 1,647 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800215002989A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING TO LAND, HIT TREES. LOW CEILING, SNOW & FREEZING RAIN. AIRFRAME HAD HEAVY COATING OF ICE AT CRASH SITE.

## 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 MKC80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA023), Feb 15, 1980: Beech H18 (N729F), Olathe, KS, 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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