# Accident 19790412037409A: Beech 56TC, Howey-In-The-Hi, FL, April 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1979, 13:43 local time
- Place: Howey-In-The-Hi, FL
- Airport: Howey
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7038° N, 81.7856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howey-in-the-Hills, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7038&lon=-81.7856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72571, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72571-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 56TC (registry code 1152736, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-56tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 56TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 37 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790412037409A

## Narrative

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

LOW TIME IN ACFT, SHORT RUNWAY, CROSS DOWNWIND LANDING,COCAINE IN SYSTEM ADDED UP TO LOS OF ACFT CONTROL ON LANDING

## 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 MIA79FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA070), Apr 12, 1979: Beech 56TC (N72571), Howey In Hills, FL, 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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