# Accident 19760309012489A: Beech C23, Owensboro, KY, March 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1976
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Airport: Evansville Dress
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 37.7572° N, 87.1174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owensboro, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7572&lon=-87.1174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2162W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2162W-1976-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 387 total, 11 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760309012489A

## Narrative

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

CABIN DOOR,GLARE SHIELD,LNDG GR AND PILOTS BODY RCVRD FM RIVER.ACFT NOT FOUND.

## 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 IAD76AI061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI061), Mar 9, 1976: Beech C23 (N2162W), Owensboro, KY, 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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