# Accident 19810922061459A: Beech 23BEECH, Deer Lodge, MT, September 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: Deer Lodge, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3985° N, 112.7327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer Lodge, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3985&lon=-112.7327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2387Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2387Z-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 631 total, 81 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTI20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810922061459A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF FOG AND SNOW, LOST CONTROL IN TURNING TO RETURN TO VFR.  STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE.

## 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 DEN81FTI20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI20), Sep 22, 1981: Beech 23 (N2387Z), Deer Lodge, MT, substantial damage

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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