# Accident 19790110000589A: Beech 95B55, Fayetteville, AR, January 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1979, 18:35 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1866L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1866L-1981-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 280 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790110000589A

## Narrative

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

BECAME DISORIENTED ON MISSED APPROACH. LOST CONTROL. STRUCK MOUTAIN IN NOSE DOWN ATITUDE AFTER ADVISED TO CLIMB.

## 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 FTW79FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA039), Jan 10, 1979: Beech 95-B55 (N1866L), Fayetteville, AR, destroyed, 1 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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