# Accident 19730403007179A: Socata MS893A, Banner Elk, NC, April 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1973
- Place: Banner Elk, NC
- Airport: Beech Mountain
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.1590° N, 81.8678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banner Elk, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1590&lon=-81.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50BF-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894A (registry code 8402842, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-ms894a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA MS893A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 95 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73FKM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FKM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730403007179A

## Narrative

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

DRG CLB BTWN TWO MTN PEAKS,ENCTRD DNDFT,APPLIED FULL PWR UN CK DSCNT.

## 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 IAD73FKM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FKM30), Apr 3, 1973: M-Saulnier MS894A (N50BF), Banner Elk, NC, destroyed

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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