# Accident 19810801046799A: Beech C45H, Livengood, AK, August 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1981, 14:25 local time
- Place: Livengood, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 65.5244° N, 148.5447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livengood, AK, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.5244&lon=-148.5447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9826Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9826Z-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,027 total, 530 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801046799A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WORSENING WEATHER IN A PASS. STRUCK TREES TRYING TO TURN AROUND. FAULTY WEATHER JUDGEMENT A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC81FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA089), Aug 1, 1981: Beech C-45H (N9826Z), Livengood, AK, 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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