# Accident 19810918084479A: Beech 19A, Horseshoe Beach, FL, September 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1981, 02:52 local time
- Place: Horseshoe Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4422° N, 83.2889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Horseshoe Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4422&lon=-83.2889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9103T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9103T-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 19A (registry code 1151214, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 59 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810918084479A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON OVER-WATER NIGHT FLIGHT WITH PASSENGERS FLEW LOW OVER A BOAT. PULLED UP, VERTICAL STALLED, SPUN IN.

## 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 MIA81FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA115), Sep 18, 1981: Beech 19A (N9103T), Horseshoe Bch, FL, destroyed, 4 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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