# Accident 19761021041561A: Beech 35C33, Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1976
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21TH-1977-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 14 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761021041561A

## Narrative

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

DESCENT FROM VFR CORRIDOR FLOOR ALTITUDE.GROUND DAMAGE TO BLDGS,FENCES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N568H, Rkwell 690: [Accident 19761021041562A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761021041562A)

## 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 LAX77FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA004), Oct 21, 1976: Beech 35-C33 (N21TH), Los Angeles, CA, 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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