# NTSB DIA68A0047: Beech A23-19, N7947L, Chesapeake, VA, May 1, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 1, 1968
- Place: Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110473
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0047

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1751   68/5/1    CHESAPEAKE,VA       BEECH A23-19        CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 188
        TIME - 1829                    N7947L              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH NORFOLK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PRACTICING PYLON EIGHTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7947L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7947L-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N MB-147 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-19
- Registry model: [Beech A23-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (registry code 1151212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: South Norfolk

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.

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