# Accident 19800825039189A: Beech E90, Kotzebue, AK, August 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1980, 12:04 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memori
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N908CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N908CM-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,430 total, 553 in this make and model, 237 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825039189A

## Narrative

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

BECAME CONFUSED ON LOC APPROACH. BROKE OUT AT 400 FEET. ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO FLY INTO WATER LOOK FOR LANDMARKS.

## 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 ANC80FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA090), Aug 25, 1980: Beech E90 (N908CM), Kotzebue, AK, destroyed

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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