# Accident 19761023034089A: Beech D55, Hot Springs, AR, October 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1976
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6285V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6285V-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FPG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FPG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761023034089A

## Narrative

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

ELEC FIRE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF.

## 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 FTW77FPG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FPG03), Oct 23, 1976: Beech D55 (N6285V), Hot Springs, AR, 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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