# Accident 19730203009529A: Beech 95, Miami, FL, February 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1973
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8285D-1974-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730203009529A

## Narrative

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

SPUN INTO EVERGLADES. ACFT NEAR MAX GROSS WT AND AFT CG LIMITS. SWING OVER CTL WHEEL POS TO L SEAT

## 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 MIA73AM079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM079), Feb 3, 1973: Beech 95 (N8285D), Miami, FL, destroyed, 4 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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