# Accident 19771022038749A: Beech A2324, El Cajon, CA, October 22, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1977
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4735J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4735J-1982-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-24 (registry code 1151226, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2324
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 0 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771022038749A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIDNT DECLARE EMERGENCY. CRASHED IN RESIDENTIAL STREET,DMGD 75 DATSUN.

## 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 LAX78FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA002), Oct 22, 1977: Beech A23-24 (N4735J), El Cajon, CA, destroyed, 2 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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