# Accident 19760117002669A: Beech 9555, Amityville, NY, January 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1976
- Place: Amityville, NY
- Airport: Zahns
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.7100° N, 73.4000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Zahn's Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7100&lon=-73.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1272Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 9555
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 263 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760117002669A

## Narrative

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

NR 2,4&6 CYL R ENG FULL OF OIL.PLUGS OIL FOULED.

## 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 NYC76FHJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHJ12), Jan 17, 1976: Beech B55 (N1272Z), Amityville, NY, 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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