# Accident 19740504010319A: Beech A2319, Socorro, NM, May 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1974
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Airport: Socorro Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.0225° N, 106.9031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOCORRO MUNI (ONM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0225&lon=-106.9031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6599R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6599R-1974-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2319
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,437 total, 24 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FQA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQA44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740504010319A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN74FQA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQA44), May 4, 1974: Beech A24R (N6599R), Socorro, NM, destroyed

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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