# Accident 19760816031269A: Beech 99, Ellsworth, ME, August 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1976
- Place: Ellsworth, ME
- Airport: Bar Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 44.3827° N, 68.2033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAR HARBOR (22ME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-68.2033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200WP-1976-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,797 total, 2,501 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760816031269A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO 220 FT HILL,LOCALIZER APPROACH,ALTIMETER TESTED OK AFTER CRASH.

## 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 NYC76AN122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN122), Aug 16, 1976: Beech 99 (N200WP), Ellsworth, ME, 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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