# Accident 19811011066209A: Beech 58, Gainesville, FL, October 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1981, 12:33 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4158S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4158S-1983-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 1,168 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811011066209A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK ANTENNA GUYWIRE ON ILS APPROACH. WAS BEYOND MISSED APPROACH POINT. ERRATIC UNSKILLED TYPE OF APPROACH.

## 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 MIA82FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FA001), Oct 11, 1981: Beech 58 (N4158S), Gainesville, FL, destroyed, 3 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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