# Accident 19780106000859A: Beech A56TC, El Campo, TX, January 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1978
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 29.2007° N, 96.2723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Campo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2007&lon=-96.2723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7171N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7171N-1978-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A56TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,893 total, 1,374 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780106000859A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSERVED ON 2ND APP AT APPROX 300FT AGL FLYING OVR A/P THEN ING LEFT BEFORE IMPACT.

## 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 FTW78FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA022), Jan 6, 1978: Beech D55 (N7171N), El Campo, TX, 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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