# Accident 19801208071609A: Beech 23BEECH, Alexandria, MN, December 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1980, 10:45 local time
- Place: Alexandria, MN
- Airport: Chandler
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8663° N, 95.3947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Chandler Field (AXN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8663&lon=-95.3947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2370Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2370Z-1989-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 3 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DER08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801208071609A

## Narrative

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

SKIDDED SIDEWAYS ON A SNOW-PACKED RUNWAY. STRUCK WING ON GROUND, COLLAPSED GEAR IN A GO-AROUND ATTEMPT.

## 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 CHI81DER08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER08), Dec 8, 1980: Beech 23 (N2370Z), Alexandria, MN, substantial damage

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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