# Accident 19800326010399A: Beech A36, Los Fresnos, TX, March 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1980, 02:00 local time
- Place: Los Fresnos, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0744° N, 97.4875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Fresnos, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0744&lon=-97.4875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,475 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800326010399A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO MAKE NIGHT LANDING AT PRIVATE STRIP WITH GROUND FOG PRESENT.HIT GROUND SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW80FRG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG33), Mar 26, 1980: Beech A-36 (N37BS), Los Fresnos, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N37BS (1)

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

- [Incident 19880214007109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880214007109I), Feb 14, 1988: Beech A36 (N37BS), Winfield, KS. Engine failure at cruise altitude forced landing on four lane highway. Found lint clogging the main fuel screen.

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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