# Accident 19800421009419A: Beech C23, Slaton, TX, April 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1980, 17:33 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Airport: Slaton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4848° N, 101.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4848&lon=-101.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2142W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2142W-1983-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,360 total, 283 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800421009419A

## Narrative

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

RETARDED THROTTLE ON LIFTOFF, THEN OPENED IT ABRUPTLY. ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. CRASH LANDED OFF END 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 FTW80FQG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG15), Apr 21, 1980: Beech C23 (N2142W), Slaton, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2142W (1)

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

- [Accident 19790523011169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790523011169A), May 23, 1979: Beech C23 (N2142W), Clovis, NM, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced airplane on landing. Airplane porpoised until nose gear sheared off.

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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