# Accident 19801127075919A: Beech 58TC, Ellensburg, WA, November 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1980, 10:24 local time
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0001° N, 120.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellensburg, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0001&lon=-120.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24AC-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 532 total, 410 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801127075919A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN IMC & IN AREA OF SEVERE TURBULENCE. REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEM, NONE FOUND. POSSIBLE INDUCTION OF ICE.

## 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 SEA81FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA009), Nov 27, 1980: Beech 58TC (N24AC), Ellensburg, WA, destroyed, 6 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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