19800215021899A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech S35 · Horseshoe Beach, FL · February 15, 1980

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: February 15, 1980 · 21:00 local
Place: Horseshoe Beach, FL
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N238H
Reported as: Beech S35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N238HRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Beech S35S/N D-7925 · Built 1965 Airframe modelBeech S35 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates night approach to Private strip. Hit trees short of strip. Possible pilot fatigue, narcotic flight.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES NIGHT APPROACH TO PRIVATE STRIP. HIT TREES SHORT OF STRIP. POSSIBLE PILOT FATIGUE, NARCOTIC FLIGHT.