# Accident 19741225043629A: Beech B50, Tampa, FL, December 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1974
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4862T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4862T-1975-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B50 (registry code 1152506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,095 total, 761 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DLD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLD44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741225043629A

## Narrative

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

PLT DSCNDD INTO BAY DRG ILS APCH.G/S COMPONENT OF ILS GAUGE INOP.OBSVD 700FT,ALT OK.

## 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 MIA75DLD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLD44), Dec 25, 1974: Beech B50 (N4862T), Tampa, FL, substantial damage

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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