# Accident 19730928035979A: Beech A56TC, Maitland, FL, September 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1973
- Place: Maitland, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Location: 28.6301° N, 81.3732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maitland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6301&lon=-81.3732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N488W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N488W-1973-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A56TC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 465 total, 106 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730928035979A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUMENT CHECK FLT.PLT-POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK PRIOR ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA74AM026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM026), Sep 28, 1973: Beech 95-A55 (N488W), Maitland, FL, destroyed, 2 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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