# Accident 19731227042659A: Beech D95A, Hagerstown, MD, December 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1973
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Airport: Hagerstown Reg
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8566M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8566M-1974-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 220 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731227042659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD IN L DSCNDG TURNS BANK VARIED FM STRAIGHT AND LVL TO ABT 70 DEG.HIT BLDGS,TRUCKS,TREES.

## 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 IAD74AI036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI036), Dec 27, 1973: Beech D95A (N8566M), Hagerstown, MD, 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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