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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 35BEECH · Dargan, MD · October 10, 1980

Date
October 10, 1980 · 18:30 local
Place
Dargan, MD
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N418F
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FA005
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,145 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

VFR pilot flew into mountain-side in cloud layer. Weather briefing indicated VFR.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT FLEW INTO MOUNTAIN-SIDE IN CLOUD LAYER. WEATHER BRIEFING INDICATED VFR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.