# Accident 19760813027889A: Beech B95A, Defuniak Sprgs, FL, August 13, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1976
- Place: Defuniak Sprgs, FL
- Airport: Defuniak Springs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 30.7311° N, 86.1538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEFUNIAK SPRINGS (54J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7311&lon=-86.1538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1374Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1374Z-1976-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B95A (registry code 1153406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,644 total, 53 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760813027889A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD LOW & FAST,THEN ENTRD A R STEEP BANK.CRASH OCRD ABT 3MI L OF EXTD CENTERLINE OF RWY 27.

## 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 MIA76AM104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM104), Aug 13, 1976: Beech B95A (N1374Z), Defuniak Sprgs, FL, 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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