# Accident 19800526015529A: Beech D45, Stone Mountain, GA, May 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Stone Mountain, GA
- Airport: Stone Mountain
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8109° N, 84.1188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stone Mountain, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8109&lon=-84.1188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4900S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4900S-1984-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech T-34B (registry code 1152014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D45
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 601 total, 29 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526015529A

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW ON FINAL APPROACH. ADVANCED THROTTLE RAPIDLY. ENGINE HESITATED. STRUCK TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL80FKG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKG02), May 26, 1980: Beech D45 (N4900S), Stone Mountain, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4900S (1)

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

- [Accident 19750715024059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750715024059A), Jul 15, 1975: Beech D45 (N4900S), Marietta, GA, Substantial damage. Collided with N2912Y substantial dmg. Plt aware of poor braking bfr flt to Dobbins.

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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