# Accident 19760423012569A: Beech A2319, Grand Canyon, AZ, April 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1976
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2541W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2541W-1976-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2319
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,224 total, 10 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76A6073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76A6073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760423012569A

## Narrative

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

MADE 2 LOW PASSES AT ABANDONED AFLD 9 MI FRM DEST. LOST CTL IN STEEP L TURN. DENS ALT ABT 8000FT.

## 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 LAX76A6073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76A6073), Apr 23, 1976: Beech B24R (N2541W), Grand Canyon, AZ, 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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