# Accident 19770312013389A: Beech 35BEECH, Boones Mill, VA, March 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1977
- Place: Boones Mill, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 37.1156° N, 79.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boones Mill, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1156&lon=-79.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4459V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4459V-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 581 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770312013389A

## Narrative

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

PLT COULD NOT MAINTAIN HEADINGS GIVEN BY CONTROLLER. OBSERVED ON RADAR DOING 360DEG TURN BFR ACC.

## 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 IAD77FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA030), Mar 12, 1977: Beech 35 (N4459V), Boones Mill, VA, destroyed, 1 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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