# Accident 19810531035559A: Beech T34B, Newcastle, IN, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 12:15 local time
- Place: Newcastle, IN
- Airport: Henry Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9198° N, 85.3701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Castle, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9198&lon=-85.3701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74195, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74195-1983-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech T-34B (registry code 1152014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 40 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531035559A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES. CRASHED AND BURNED WHILE ENGAGED IN LOW-LEVEL ACROBATICS.

## 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 CHI81FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA061), May 31, 1981: Beech T-34B (N74195), New Castle, IN, 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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