# Accident 19730923032949A: Beech B95A, East Boston, MA, September 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1973
- Place: East Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.3751° N, 71.0392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3751&lon=-71.0392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8437N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8437N-1973-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-55 (registry code 1152729, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 224 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730923032949A

## Narrative

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

DSCND BLO MDA,CRASHED IN HARBOR.OTR ACFT DIVERTED TO ALT ARPTS PRIOR.

## 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 NYC74AN030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN030), Sep 23, 1973: Beech 95-B55 (N8437N), East Boston, MA, 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.

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