# Accident 19780710042909A: Beech 65A90, Aurora, CO, July 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1978
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278DU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N278DU-1978-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,715 total, 810 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780710042909A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 DEN78FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA054), Jul 10, 1978: Beech 65-A90 (N278DU), Aurora, CO, destroyed, 6 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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