# Accident 19800913041849A: Beech 6580, Mission, TX, September 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1980, 22:00 local time
- Place: Mission, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2159° N, 98.3253° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mission, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2159&lon=-98.3253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817G-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 6580
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800913041849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CRASHED ATTEMPTING NIGHT-TIME, OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. EVIDENCE OF MARIJUANA WAS FOUND IN AREA.

## 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 FTW80DRG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG71), Sep 13, 1980: Beech 65 (N817G), Mission, 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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