# Accident 19810528089829A: Beech 58, Catalina Island, CA, May 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1981, 16:40 local time
- Place: Catalina Island, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of CATALINA (AVX), within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 544 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810528089829A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO WATER DURING LOW LEVEL ROLLING MANUVER WHILE BUZZING A BOAT.

## 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 LAX81FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA092), May 28, 1981: Beech 58 (N140S), Avalon, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N140S (1)

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

- [Incident 19910628032949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910628032949I), Jun 28, 1991: Beech 58 (N140S), Lincoln, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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