# Incident 19900606029769I: Beech F33A, Santa Monica, CA, June 6, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1990, 12:11 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4548S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4548S-2019-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900606029769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT GIVEN INCORRECT FREQUENCY FOR DEPARTURE. CAUSED A MISUNDERSTANDING ON DEPARTURE HEADINGS.

## Other reports on N4548S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20141115020549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141115020549A), Nov 15, 2014: Beech F33A (N4548S), Clinton, CT, Destroyed. Pilot notified N90 TRACON at 1606 EST that she had engine problems. She was 3 miles southwest of chester airport, CT at 4500 feet MSL. Controller gave her…

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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