# Accident 19800316007459A: Beech A36TC, San Diego, CA, March 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1980, 11:48 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6732X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6732X-1982-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 854 total, 27 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800316007459A

## Narrative

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

TRAILED SMOKE ON TAKEOFF. STALLED, TRYING TO LAND. EVIDENCE FUEL LEAK. FIRE SOURCE UNKNOWN. PILOT SMOKE BLINDED.

## 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 LAX80FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA067), Mar 16, 1980: Beech A36TC (N6732X), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 1 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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