# Accident 19780106000979A: Beech A56TC, Mobile, AL, January 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1978
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Aerospace
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77DC-1980-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A56TC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,995 total, 415 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780106000979A

## Narrative

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

NO NARRATIVE.

## 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 MIA78FKJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ18), Jan 6, 1978: Beech D-55 (N77DC), Mobile, AL, substantial damage

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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