# Accident 19800704078119A: Beech 18S, Wausaw Island, GA, July 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1980, 09:30 local time
- Place: Wausaw Island, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N35MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35MS-1981-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C18S (registry code 1150902, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800704078119A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED INTO TREES IN WINGS LEVEL SLOW DESCENT. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION FROM TOXIC SPRAY CHEMICAL.

## 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 ATL80FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA066), Jul 4, 1980: Beech C18S (N35MS), Wassaw Is, GA, 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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