# Accident 19830121002659A: Beech C45H, Leesburg, FL, January 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1983, 16:30 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7814° N, 81.7408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7814&lon=-81.7408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69K-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830121002659A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN LAKE SHORT OF RUNWAY AFTER ENGINES STOPPED FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 MIA83FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA062), Jan 21, 1983: Beech C45H (N69K), Leesburg, FL, 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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