# Accident 19800526016449A: Beech 23BEECH, Onaway, MI, May 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1980, 12:50 local time
- Place: Onaway, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3585° N, 84.2272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Onaway, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3585&lon=-84.2272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7617R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7617R-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 594 total, 34 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526016449A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMB AFTER TAKE-OFF. CRASH-LANDED OFF AIRPORT. CAUSE OF STOPPAGE UNKNOWN.

## 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 CHI80FEM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM26), May 26, 1980: Beech B-23 (N7617R), Onaway, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7617R (1)

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

- [Accident 19730628018489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730628018489A), Jun 28, 1973: Beech B23BEECH (N7617R), Danvers, MA, Substantial damage. Porpoised,hit on nose gr. Plt had 1.3 hrs in type acft.

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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