# Accident 19780117001719A: Beech 200BEECH, Cumberland, MD, January 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1978
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Cumberland Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 39.6517° N, 78.7579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cumberland, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6517&lon=-78.7579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44KS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,851 total, 1,789 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780117001719A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD78FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA034), Jan 17, 1978: Mitsubishi MU2-J (N44KS), Cumberland, MD, 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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