# Accident 19800501011189A: Beech A35, Zelienople, PA, May 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: Zelienople, PA
- Airport: Zelienople
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8027° N, 80.1611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZELIENOPLE MUNI (PJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8027&lon=-80.1611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8519A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8519A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 56 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FGM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGM18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800501011189A

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL FORK SEPARATED FROM STRUT ON LANDING ROLL. FOUND SECURING PIN MISSING AND BOGUS PARTS.

## 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 NYC80FGM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGM18), May 1, 1980: Beech A35 (N8519A), Zelienople, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8519A (1)

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

- [Incident 19900623022109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900623022109I), Jun 23, 1990: Beech A35 (N8519A), Freedom, PA, Minor damage. Wind gust forced aircraft to left on takeoff,struck a fence. Still airborne. Continued and landed.

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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