# Accident 19810112000279A: Beech A36, Peach Springs, AZ, January 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1981, 12:19 local time
- Place: Peach Springs, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5314° N, 113.4320° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peach Springs, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5314&lon=-113.4320&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66757, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66757-1986-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,124 total, 22 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810112000279A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ICING CONDITIONS EXISTED AND PILOT WAS BRIEFED.

## 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 LAX81FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA034), Jan 12, 1981: Beech A36 (N66757), Peach Springs, AZ, 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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