# Accident 19800306005619A: Beech 58, Houston, TX, March 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1980, 21:57 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P. Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80KC-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,697 total, 82 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306005619A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TWO SETS OF POWER LINES ON ILS APPROACH TWO MILES FROM RUNWAY. CEILING ZERO AT AIRPORT.

## 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 FTW80DA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA053), Mar 6, 1980: Beech 58 (N80KC), Houston, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N80KC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19751231041259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751231041259A), Dec 31, 1975: Beech 58 (N80KC), Wimberly, TX, Substantial damage. Acft stolen 12/25/75. Accdt date & injury index presumed.

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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