# Accident 19810418084539A: Beech E35, Fay, OK, April 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1981, 13:05 local time
- Place: Fay, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8161° N, 98.6587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fay, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8161&lon=-98.6587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3218C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3218C-2017-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810418084539A

## Narrative

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

WAS ADVISED VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED. AIRPLANE CAME APART IN AREA OF CLOUDS, RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOST CONTROL

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N3218C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20080824849529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080824849529I), Aug 24, 2008: Beech E35 (N3218C), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Tower requested short final to right runway, pilot touched down on 19R approximately 100 feet beyond the runway numbers and attempted to utilize the…

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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