# Accident 19810303007639A: Beech 58, Bisbee, AZ, March 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bisbee, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3980° N, 109.9318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bisbee, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3980&lon=-109.9318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N186VB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N186VB-1981-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,955 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810303007639A

## Narrative

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

FLYING BELOW CLOUDS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO SIDE OF MOUNTAIN.

## 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 LAX81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA053), Mar 3, 1981: Beech 58 (N186VB), Bisbee, AZ, 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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