# Accident 19800804043549A: Beech B19, Lake Tahoe, CA, August 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Airport: South Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24647, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24647-1983-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 60 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DXQ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DXQ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800804043549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE & DOWNDRAFTS AFTER TAKEOFF AND COULD NOT MAINTAN ALTITUDE.

## 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 LAX80DXQ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DXQ38), Aug 4, 1980: Beech B19 (N24647), S.Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage

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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