# Accident 19801015086429A: Beech V35A, Cedar Hill, TX, October 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Hill, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5885° N, 96.9561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Hill, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5885&lon=-96.9561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1780A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1780A-1981-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,238 total, 1,038 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801015086429A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RADIO TOWER GUYWIRE DURING LOW-LEVEL CRUISE IN MARGINAL VFR WEATHER. TOP OF TOWER OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.

## 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 FTW81FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA004), Oct 15, 1980: Beech V35A (N1780A), Cedar Hill, 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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