# Accident 19800830045809A: Beech T34B, Newport Beach, CA, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Newport Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6266° N, 117.8655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6266&lon=-117.8655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91370, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91370-2000-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 26 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830045809A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW OVER OCEAN FOG, PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY LOOSE OBJECT ON FLOOR FAILED TO CHECK ALTITUDE, DECENDED INTO FO

## 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 LAX80FUA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA20), Aug 30, 1980: Beech T-34B (N91370), Newport Beach, CA, 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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