# Accident 19810202004579A: Beech TC45J, San Clemente, CA, February 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1981
- Place: San Clemente, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4491° N, 117.6131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Clemente, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4491&lon=-117.6131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68392, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68392-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech TC-45J (registry code 1151022, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45J
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810202004579A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO HILL ON OFFSHORE ISLAND. TIME AND WEATHER UNKNOWN. HAD A LOAD OF MARIJUANA ON BOARD.

## 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 LAX81FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA126), Feb 2, 1981: Beech TC-45J (N68392), San Clement Is, CA, destroyed, 1 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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