# Accident 19750901030899A: Frchld M62A, Accident, MD, September 1, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1975
- Place: Accident, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.6257° N, 79.3200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Accident, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6257&lon=-79.3200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1777, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1777) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild M-62A (registry code 3371604, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD M62A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 726 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750901030899A

## Narrative

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

PAX RPTD ENTERING FOG, 180 DEG TURN, TREE APPEARED.

## 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 IAD76AI013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI013), Sep 1, 1975: Fairchild M62A (N1777), Accident, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1777 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180601006769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180601006769I), Jun 1, 2018: Fairchild M-62A (N1777), Sussex, NJ, Minor damage. On 6/1/18 at approximately 1430 local time, [privacy data omitted] was the pilot in command of N1777 (Fairchild M-62A) while conducting practice takeoff and…

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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