# Accident 19801024063419A: Beech E18S, Gainesville, FL, October 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1980, 09:47 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65V-1982-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8,267 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801024063419A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE PROBLEM ON MISSED APPROACH. STRUCK TV TOWER. POSSIBLE DIRT IN FUEL. REQUIRED AUTOPILOT INOP AT DEPARTURE.

## 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 MIA81FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA008), Oct 24, 1980: Beech E18S (N65V), Gainesville, FL, 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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