# Accident 19800908040799A: Beech C45G, Abilene, TX, September 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1980, 01:54 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ABCA
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N315WN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315WN-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45G (registry code 1151014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,589 total, 391 in this make and model, 354 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800908040799A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. GROUND-LOOPED. FACTORS - RAIN WET RUNWAY, STRONG CROSSWIND.

## 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 FTW80FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA113), Sep 8, 1980: Beech C-45G (N315WN), Abilene, TX, 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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