# Accident 19800927048399A: Beech T34B, Giddings, TX, September 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1980, 10:20 local time
- Place: Giddings, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1837° N, 96.9280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Giddings, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1837&lon=-96.9280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46939, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46939-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech T-34B (registry code 1152014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 322 total, 61 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800927048399A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE IN IMC. AIRFRAME PARTS SEPARATED IN FLIGHT DUE TO TENSION OVERLOADS.

## 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 FTW80FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA124), Sep 27, 1980: Beech T-34B (N46939), Giddings, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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