# Accident 19861210069379A: Beech 100BEECH, Pittsfield, MA, December 10, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1986, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, MA
- Airport: Pittsfield Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5069° N, 73.0595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5069&lon=-73.0595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65TD-1989-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 100 (registry code 1152916, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 7,520 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87MA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87MA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861210069379A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AND RISING TERRAIN DURING APPROACH. THE PILOT DESCENDED BELOW THE PUBLISHED MINIMUM ALTITUDE

## 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 ATL87MA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87MA041), Dec 10, 1986: Beech 100 (N65TD), Windsor, MA, destroyed, 6 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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