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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech K35 · Big Bear Lake, CA · November 16, 1980

Date
November 16, 1980 · 18:45 local
Place
Big Bear Lake, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5362E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA014
Reported as
Beech K35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 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.

Entered vertical dive & crashed into center of lake. No observed attempt to pull out of dive.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED VERTICAL DIVE & CRASHED INTO CENTER OF LAKE. NO OBSERVED ATTEMPT TO PULL OUT OF DIVE.

NTSB investigation

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