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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech TC45J · Beatty, NV · March 18, 1981

Date
March 18, 1981 · 15:16 local
Place
Beatty, NV
Airport
Beatty
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGRJE
Reported as
Beech TC45J
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,800 total2,000 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Stalled on circling approach to downwind landing. Pilot had heart disease. Possible cause or shifting load.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED ON CIRCLING APPROACH TO DOWNWIND LANDING. PILOT HAD HEART DISEASE. POSSIBLE CAUSE OR SHIFTING LOAD.