19801017058269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 65 · Sula, MT · October 17, 1980

Date
October 17, 1980 · 14:25 local
Place
Sula, MT
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N35CS
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FA007
Reported as
Beech 65
Reported engine
Lycoming IGSO480*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total31 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.

Aircraft crashed in moutainous terrain when pilot was attempting to fly under weather.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUTAINOUS TERRAIN WHEN PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLY UNDER WEATHER.

NTSB investigation

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