# Accident 19800306004589A: Beech B50, Avoca, PA, March 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1980, 09:30 local time
- Place: Avoca, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre/Scra
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3382° N, 75.7422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avoca, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3382&lon=-75.7422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N632Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N632Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-50 (registry code 1152512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B50
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 1,564 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306004589A

## Narrative

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

EXHIBITED CONFUSION AND ERRATIC APPROACH PROCEDURES. LANDED IN A CRAB. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO AIRPORT TERMINAL.

## 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 NYC80FHA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA08), Mar 6, 1980: Beech D50 (N632Z), Avoca, PA, 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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