# Accident 19771015037822A: Beech B19, Chesapeake, VA, October 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1977
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Chspke-Portsmouth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9339S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9339S-1982-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 82 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771015037822A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1276X, Mooney M20D: [Accident 19771015037821A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771015037821A)

## 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 IAD78FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA004), Oct 15, 1977: Beech B19 (N9339S), Chesapeake, VA, destroyed

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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