# Accident 19760415019629A: Beech B60, Palm Desert, CA, April 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1976
- Place: Palm Desert, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.7376° N, 116.3641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Desert, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7376&lon=-116.3641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37D-1976-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 38 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760415019629A

## Narrative

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

GUSTS 80 KNOTS.SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS REPORTED IN AREA.R EMPENNAGE ASSY & R OUTBD WG PANEL FAILED.

## 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 LAX76AL070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL070), Apr 15, 1976: Beech B60 (N37D), Palm Desert, CA, destroyed, 6 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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