# Accident 19730912031579A: Beech A56TC, Agusta Springs, VA, September 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1973
- Place: Agusta Springs, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.1030° N, 79.3363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta Springs, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1030&lon=-79.3363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1742W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1742W-1973-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A56TC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730912031579A

## Narrative

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

LETDOWN THRU FOG.REDUCED VSBY.HIT TOP OF MTN RIDGE.

## 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 IAD74AI015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI015), Sep 12, 1973: Beech B55 (N1742W), Agusta Springs, VA, destroyed, 1 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.