# Accident 19800525083039A: Beech P35BEECH, Bennettsville, SC, May 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1980, 17:18 local time
- Place: Bennettsville, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6282° N, 79.6860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennettsville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6282&lon=-79.6860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1529Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1529Z-1980-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,518 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800525083039A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ATL80FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA050), May 25, 1980: Beech P35 (N1529Z), Bennettsville, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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