# Accident 19800702034929A: Frchld M62C, Plano, TX, July 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1980, 15:55 local time
- Place: Plano, TX
- Airport: Dallas North
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2300M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2300M-2009-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A) (registry code 3371630, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62c-pt-23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD M62C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,075 total, 75 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702034929A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AIRCRAFT DURING NOSE HIGH STEEP TURN TO DOWNWIND LEG AFTER TAKEOFF. AIR TEMPERATURE 107 DEGREES.

## 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 FTW80FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA089), Jul 2, 1980: Fairchild M-62C (N2300M), Plano, TX, destroyed, 1 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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