# Accident 19801130090709A: Cessna 320C, Marysville, WA, November 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Marysville, WA
- Airport: Paine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0802° N, 122.1543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marysville, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0802&lon=-122.1543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9RT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9RT-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320C (registry code 2074510, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320C
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130090709A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC FLIGHT PATH ON IFR APPROACH. DISORIENTED PILOT LOST CONTROL. HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRPLANE.

## 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 LAX81FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA020), Nov 30, 1980: Cessna 320C (N9RT), Marysville, WA, destroyed, 2 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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