# Accident 19761028032309A: Beech D55, Bakersfield, CA, October 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1976
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Bakersfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.3249° N, 118.9960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAKERSFIELD MUNI (L45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3249&lon=-118.9960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1796A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1796A-2018-08-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 405 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DVA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761028032309A

## Narrative

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

GR WARNING LT BULB FAILED.

## 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 LAX77DVA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVA08), Oct 28, 1976: Beech D55 (N1796A), Bakersfield, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1796A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170713009079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170713009079A), Jul 13, 2017: Beech D55 (N1796A), Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed from eul, caldwell, ID to sun, Hailey id. The pilot reported aircraft approached sun from the southeast and once the PIC had the airport…

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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