# Accident 19810116000719A: Beech S35, Casa Grande, AZ, January 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1981, 10:44 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N844B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N844B-1981-10-13) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 572 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810116000719A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN VFR ENTERED UNDERCAST TO DESCEND BELOW CLOUDS. AIRFRAME SEPERATED IN FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX81FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA037), Jan 16, 1981: Beech S35 (N844B), Casa Grande, AZ, destroyed, 4 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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