# Accident 19800825038459A: Beech 19A, Anchorage, AK, August 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1980, 17:51 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9232S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9232S-2013-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,290 total, 19 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG99) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825038459A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT CRASHED JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT CLAIMS ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.

## 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 ANC80DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG99), Aug 25, 1980: Beech B19 (N9232S), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9232S (1)

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

- [Accident 19781018034039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781018034039A), Oct 18, 1978: Beech A2319 (N9232S), Anchorage, AK, 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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