# Accident 19801118074869A: Beech V35A, Pimento, IN, November 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pimento, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3095° N, 87.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pimento, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3095&lon=-87.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2532A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2532A-1984-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,835 total, 410 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801118074869A

## Narrative

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

ON PIPE-LINE PATROL, LOST CONTROL IN STEEP TURN. STRUCK TREES PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT IN AREA.

## 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 CHI81FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA007), Nov 18, 1980: Beech V35A (N2532A), Pimento, IN, destroyed

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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