# NTSB LAX80FA100: Beech A36, N2061S, Los Banos, CA, May 26, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 26, 1980
- Place: Los Banos, CA · LOS BANOS, CA
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130623
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA100
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA100

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3726  80/5/26    LOS BANOS,CA        BEECH A36           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 3030
        TIME - 1747                    N2061S              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1350 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOS BANOS,CA                MORGAN HILL,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2061S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2061S-1991-09-03), registration cancelled 1991-09-03, S/N E1430 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800526016809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526016809A), May 26, 1980: Beech A36, Los Banos, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft was observed making 180 degree descending turn impacting power-pole and then vacant fruit stand and trucks

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.

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