# Accident 19810103000159A: Beech S35, Sanford, FL, January 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5846K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5846K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,010 total, 350 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FLD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810103000159A

## Narrative

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

ON PRACTICE APPROACH, STRUCK POWER LINE STRETCHED ACROSS CLOSED RUNWAY. REMAINED AIRBORNE. RETURNED TO BASE.

## 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 MIA81FLD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD22), Jan 3, 1981: Beech S35 (N5846K), Sanford, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5846K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891001060349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001060349I), Oct 1, 1989: Beech S35 (N5846K), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. During landing roll aircraft settled on runway. May have accidentally retracted landed gear. No gear defects found.
- [Incident 19791119044719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119044719I), Nov 19, 1979: Beech B35 (N5846K), Lake Park, FL, Minor damage. Landed long, porpoised and ran off runway into ditch.

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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