# Accident 19760522012349A: Boeing A75N1, Cape Charles, VA, May 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1976
- Place: Cape Charles, VA
- Airport: Hogg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.2508° N, 76.0097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cape Charles, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2508&lon=-76.0097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54565, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54565) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 205 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FID26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760522012349A

## Narrative

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

PROP PLACED IN HI PITCH PSN AFTR L/O.SETTLED INTO CREEK.

## 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 IAD76FID26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID26), May 22, 1976: Boeing A75 (N54565), Cape Charles, VA, substantial damage

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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