# Accident 19800327007679A: Beech 200BEECH, Parker, CO, March 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1980, 14:52 local time
- Place: Parker, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5092° N, 104.7719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parker, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5092&lon=-104.7719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N456L-1981-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- Pilot flight hours: 10,225 total, 550 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80AA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80AA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800327007679A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED 18 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT REPORTED UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO ICEING.

## 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 DEN80AA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80AA029), Mar 27, 1980: Beech 200 (N456L), Parker, CO, destroyed, 10 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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