# Accident 19760316041859A: Beech 99, Wappinger Fls, NY, March 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1976
- Place: Wappinger Fls, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7997R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7997R-1998-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,159 total, 0 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760316041859A

## Narrative

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

ACFT APRX 368 LB OVR G/W.PLT PAX RPTD ACFT SHUDDERED L WING DROPPED,LVLD,THEN RIGHT WING DROPPED.

## 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 NYC76AN089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN089), Mar 16, 1976: Beech 99 (N7997R), Wappinger Fls, NY, 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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