# Accident 19801017058269A: Beech 65, Sula, MT, October 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1980, 14:25 local time
- Place: Sula, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8462° N, 113.9575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8462&lon=-113.9575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35CS-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO480*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 31 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801017058269A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DEN81FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA007), Oct 17, 1980: Beech 65 (N35CS), Sula, MT, destroyed, 3 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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