# Accident 19760110000729A: Beech 18ABEECH, El Vado, NM, January 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1976
- Place: El Vado, NM
- Airport: El Vado State Prk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.5939° N, 106.7286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Vado, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5939&lon=-106.7286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9907Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9907Z-2012-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech TC-45G (registry code 1151016, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 18ABEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FQA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQA30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760110000729A

## Narrative

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

TRANSPORT OF CONTRABAND.ACFT PROBABLY SET AFIRE TO DESTROY EVIDENCE.HIT BARREL ON ROLLOUT.

## 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 DEN76FQA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQA30), Jan 10, 1976: Beech TC-45G (N9907Z), El Vado, NM, destroyed

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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