# Accident 19760229004889A: Beech 95, Fort Pierce, FL, February 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1976
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425L-1976-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760229004889A

## Narrative

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

PLT OBSVD IN RELAXED ALMOST SLUMP PSN WITH HAND ON YOKE BFR ACDT.PLT IN AUTO ACDT 3 DAYS PRIOR.

## 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 MIA76AM069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM069), Feb 29, 1976: Beech B95 (N425L), Fort Pierce, FL, 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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