# Accident 19750414016719A: Swrngn SA226AT, Southern Pines, NC, April 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1975
- Place: Southern Pines, NC
- Airport: Southern Pines
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 35.1950° N, 79.4021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southern Pines, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1950&lon=-79.4021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960M-1975-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-226AT (registry code 8780405, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226AT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 494 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750414016719A

## Narrative

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

PLT RPTD OVR ARPT WILL MAKE A VISUAL APCH TO 5.HIT TREES ABT 1/2MI BFR RWY.PATCHES OF FOG IN AREA.

## 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 IAD75AI057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI057), Apr 14, 1975: Swearingen 226AT (N960M), Southern Pines, NC, 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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