# Accident 19770731038699A: Beech C90, Sitka, AK, July 31, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1977
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Airport: Sitka
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 57.0521° N, 135.3462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SITKA (A29), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0521&lon=-135.3462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4207S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4207S-2012-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770731038699A

## Narrative

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

MOUNTAINS ADJACENT TO SITKA OBSCURED.

## 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 ANC77FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA065), Jul 31, 1977: Beech E90 (N4207S), Sitka, AK, destroyed, 5 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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