# Accident 19790607016669A: Beech C24R, Woodbridge, VA, June 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1979, 11:20 local time
- Place: Woodbridge, VA
- Airport: Woodbridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6403° N, 77.2558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodbridge, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6403&lon=-77.2558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18969, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18969-1982-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 30 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607016669A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED DURING ATTEMPTED GO AROUND AFTER ABORTED LANDING. THREE FATAL.

## 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 IAD79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA056), Jun 7, 1979: Beech C24R (N18969), Woodbridge, VA, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N18969 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790501025479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790501025479I), May 1, 1979: Beech C24R (N18969), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Pilot touched down with excess speed, ballooned, applied forward pressure, bent the prop tips.
- [Incident 19780429014899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429014899I), Apr 29, 1978: Beech B24R (N18969), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Safe gear down indication. Found defective nose gear down limit switch.

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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