# Accident 19730103003689A: Beech 65A90, Blairstown, IA, January 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1973
- Place: Blairstown, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.9060° N, 92.0822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairstown, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9060&lon=-92.0822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N936K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N936K-1973-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,225 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730103003689A

## Narrative

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

BEGAN DESCENT TO ILS APCH LATE.BELIEVED PLT EXPEDITED DESCENT,APCH FLAPS,GR DWN.L WG,ENG,TAIL SEP.

## 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 DEN73AD030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD030), Jan 3, 1973: Beech C90 (N936K), Blairstown, IA, destroyed, 5 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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