# Accident 19730720024759A: Beech A56TC, Amarillo, TX, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A56TC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,465 total, 550 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720024759A

## Narrative

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

PHOTOGRAPHING SCULPTURE SITE. GR DOWN,FLAPS AT APCH POS.

## 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 FTW74AF004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF004), Jul 20, 1973: Beech E55 (N814T), Amarillo, TX, 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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