# Accident 19750417016769A: Beech A2319, Spring Branch, TX, April 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1975
- Place: Spring Branch, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 29.8763° N, 98.4085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Branch, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8763&lon=-98.4085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22FD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22FD-1975-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2319
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 10 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750417016769A

## Narrative

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

PLT DESCNDD INTO OBSTRUCTNG TERRAIN ON DARK NITE

## 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 FTW75AF062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF062), Apr 17, 1975: Beech B24R (N22FD), Spring Branch, TX, 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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