# Accident 19790226015601A: Beech 95A55, Greenville, MS, February 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1979, 14:26 local time
- Place: Greenville, MS
- Airport: Greenville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3875° N, 91.0013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Greenville Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3875&lon=-91.0013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500MG-1982-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 398 total, 48 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790226015601A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH OTHER ACFT DURING A DESCENT TO AIRPORT. OTHER ACFT WAS CLIMBING OUT VFR TO IFR ALTITUDE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2055K, Beech 58: [Accident 19790226015602A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790226015602A)

## 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 MIA79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA054), Feb 26, 1979: Beech 95A55 (N500MG), Greenville, MS, destroyed, 3 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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