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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech P35BEECH · Bennettsville, SC · May 25, 1980

Date
May 25, 1980 · 17:18 local
Place
Bennettsville, SC
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1529Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FA050
Reported as
Beech P35BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,518 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Inflight breakup. Witness in area heard roar & crash during severe thunderstorm. No pilot weather briefing.

As the FAA filed it

INFLIGHT BREAKUP. WITNESS IN AREA HEARD ROAR & CRASH DURING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. NO PILOT WEATHER BRIEFING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.