19800526016809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Los Banos, CA · May 26, 1980

Date
May 26, 1980 · 17:47 local
Place
Los Banos, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2061S
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA100
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,030 total1,350 in this make and model120 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.

Aircraft was observed making 180 degree descending turn impacting power-pole and then vacant fruit stand and trucks

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING 180 DEGREE DESCENDING TURN IMPACTING POWER-POLE AND THEN VACANT FRUIT STAND AND TRUCKS

NTSB investigation

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