# Accident 19821214064499A: Beech K35, Tucson, AZ, December 14, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1982, 15:23 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6085E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6085E-1983-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 707 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FUJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUJ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821214064499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED AFTER PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT D THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 LAX83FUJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUJ07), Dec 14, 1982: Beech K35 (N6085E), Tucson, AZ, 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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