# Accident 19731220042649A: Beech 65A90, W Columbia, SC, December 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1973
- Place: W Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 33.9388° N, 81.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA METRO (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9388&lon=-81.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711FC-1974-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,125 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731220042649A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BELOW MDA.

## 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 MIA74AM049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM049), Dec 20, 1973: Beech C90 (N711FC), W Columbia, SC, 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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