# Accident 19800221004519A: Beech 36BEECH, Taos, NM, February 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1980, 18:04 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3871° N, 105.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3871&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3154W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3154W-1983-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 585 total, 21 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FAMS2), [NTSB FTW80FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800221004519A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED VFR AT NIGHT IN MOUNTAIN AREA WITH TOPS OBSCURED, SNOW, ICING, TURBULENCE. STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (2)

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 FTW80FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FAMS2), Feb 21, 1980: Beech A36 (N3154W), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 5 fatal
- [NTSB FTW80FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA106), Feb 21, 1980: Beech A36 (N3154W), Taos, NM, destroyed, 5 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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