# Accident 19730801024769A: Beech A56TC, Kopperston, WV, August 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1973
- Place: Kopperston, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.7493° N, 81.5769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kopperston, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7493&lon=-81.5769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1895A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1895A-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A56TC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74ANO10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74ANO10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730801024769A

## Narrative

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

CNL IFR.LET DOWN VFR.

## 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 NYC74ANO10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74ANO10), Aug 1, 1973: Beech D55 (N1895A), Kopperston, WV, 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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