# Accident 19800422010179A: Beech 19A, Inverness, FL, April 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1980, 13:15 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Airport: Inverness
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8036° N, 82.3183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INVERNESS (INF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8036&lon=-82.3183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6537T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6537T-2004-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 19A (registry code 1151214, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 6 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800422010179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE POST DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING. CLAIMS WHIRLWIND CAUGHT AIRPLANE.

## 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 MIA80DLD60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD60), Apr 22, 1980: Beech 19A (N6537T), Inverness, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6537T (2)

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

- [Incident 20030609017149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030609017149I), Jun 9, 2003: Beech 19A (N6537T), Candor, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On 06-09-03, a Beech 19 registered to the partnership of reese jones and george pennell as N6537T made an emergency landing in a farmers field in Candor,…
- [Accident 19740613018199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740613018199A), Jun 13, 1974: Beech 19A (N6537T), Toledo, OH, Substantial damage. Left main gear failed after acft struck by lighting.

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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