# Accident 19740607017749A: Beech 23BEECH, Sparta, NJ, June 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1974
- Place: Sparta, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.0334° N, 74.6385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0334&lon=-74.6385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8717M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8717M-1975-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740607017749A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 12/9/74.HILLS OBSCURED BY CLDS.HIT TREES ON HILL APRX 1280MSL.

## 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 NYC74AN108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN108), Jun 7, 1974: Beech 23 (N8717M), Sparta, NJ, 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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