# Accident 19821127064219A: Beech 23BEECH, Gilroy, CA, November 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1982, 18:30 local time
- Place: Gilroy, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0064° N, 121.5853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilroy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0064&lon=-121.5853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6049B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 29 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821127064219A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED NEAR TOP OF A RIDGE. TOP OF RIDGE OBSCURED. MODERATE RAIN, FOG AND DARK NIGHT. VFR RATED PILOT.

## 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 LAX83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA040), Nov 27, 1982: Beech 23 (N6049B), 10 M.N. Of Gilr, CA, 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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