# Accident 19730210001939A: Beech A2319, Alamogordo, NM, February 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1973
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24578, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24578-2011-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A24R (registry code 1151252, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2319
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,725 total, 75 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730210001939A

## Narrative

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

FLT PHASE UNK.

## 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 DEN73AD037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD037), Feb 10, 1973: Beech A24R (N24578), Alamogordo, NM, destroyed, 3 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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