# Accident 19760916039249A: Beech D55, MI, September 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1976
- Place: MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Aircraft: N8330N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8330N-1977-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760916039249A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI76AC091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC091), Sep 16, 1976: Beech D55 (N8330N), Coldwater, MI, 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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