# Accident 19800310008709A: Beech E90, Flushing, NY, March 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1980, 11:03 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4GN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4GN-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 225 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800310008709A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON MISSED APPROACH. FACTORS LAST MINUTE ILS CHANGE, SEVERE TURBULENCE, PILOT FATIGUE.

## 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 NYC80FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA026), Mar 10, 1980: Beech 90 (N4GN), Flushing, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N4GN (1)

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

- [Incident 19790120002449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790120002449I), Jan 20, 1979: Beech E90 (N4GN), St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. Pilot taxied into pipe on parking ramp.

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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