# N30WS: 1973 Beech E-55, registration cancelled 2002-02-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 6, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732)
- Engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A16](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A16), [TCDS E5CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: TE-960
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 21, 1973
- Certificate issued: February 14, 2000
- Last registry action: February 14, 2000
- Mode S code: A31EFE
- Owners when cancelled: [Pettet Donald R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PETTET%20DONALD%20R), [Pettet Diana L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PETTET%20DIANA%20L)
- Location: [Collierville, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Collierville)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0670° N, 89.6541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 38017, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30WS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=30WS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30WS-2002-02-06

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Beech E-55: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI01FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA256), Aug 4, 2001: Beech E55 (N30WS), Rensselaer, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's ostentatious display when he buzzed the farmstead and did not maintain clearance from the barn.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20010804026359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010804026359A), Aug 4, 2001: Beech E55 (N30WS), Rensslaer, IN, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On August 4, 2001, a Beechcraft baron model BE-E55, N30WS with two occupants on board, was destroyed upon impact in a bean field south of the town of…

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