# Accident 19800928044219A: Beech B18S, Frostproof, FL, September 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Frostproof, FL
- Airport: Berea
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7489° N, 81.5265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frostproof, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7489&lon=-81.5265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704D-2012-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (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 B18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLE07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800928044219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTENTION TAKE OFF FROM UNIMPROVED STRIP, HIT TREES AND CRASHED.ILLEGAL DRUG OPERATION.

## 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 MIA80DLE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLE07), Sep 28, 1980: Beech D18S (N704D), Frostproof, FL, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.