# Accident 19770729032319A: Beech 95, Fletcher, NC, July 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1977
- Place: Fletcher, NC
- Airport: Asheville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771B-1977-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,008 total, 148 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770729032319A

## Narrative

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

2HRS SIMULATED INST LAST 90DAYS.LAST NIGHT TIME LOGGED 12/12/75.

## 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 IAD77FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA054), Jul 29, 1977: Beech 95 (N771B), Fletcher, NC, destroyed, 3 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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