# Accident 19781219044999A: Beech B19, Greensboro, NC, December 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1978
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Greensboro Region
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18790, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18790-1984-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,670 total, 323 in this make and model, 262 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219044999A

## Narrative

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

LESS THAN 1MIN BEHIND LNDG 727.APP PATH LOW.

## 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 IAD79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA024), Dec 19, 1978: Beech B-19 (N18790), Greensboro, NC, 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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