# Accident 19800516016889A: Beech 58, Casper, WY, May 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1980, 11:45 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Airport: Casper
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25734, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800516016889A

## Narrative

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

FUEL VAPOR EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN RIGHT WING DURING ENGINE START ON RAMP. FOUND B NUT FUEL VENT TUBE DISCONNECTED.

## 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 DEN80FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA033), May 16, 1980: Beech 58 (N25734), Casper, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N25734 (2)

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

- [Accident 20151006016839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151006016839A), Oct 6, 2015: Beech 58 (N25734), Albany, GA, Substantial damage. On 10/06/2015 at approximately 1900 local time, pilot of Beechcraft N25734, baron B-58, landed at Albany, Georgia airport (aby) cleared onto taxiway, pilot…
- [Incident 19801225088049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801225088049I), Dec 25, 1980: Beech 58 (N25734), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear instead of flaps on roll out.

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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