# Accident 19821216064949A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Benavides, TX, December 16, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1982, 18:30 local time
- Place: Benavides, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5969° N, 98.4138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benavides, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5969&lon=-98.4138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5906M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5906M-1983-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 579 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83FRG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FRG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821216064949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING OFF AIRPORT LANDING AND STALLED AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL 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 FTW83FRG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FRG03), Dec 17, 1982: Cessna 340 (N5906M), Benavides, TX, destroyed, 2 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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