# Accident 19730419010799A: Beech TC45G, Davenport, IA, April 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1973
- Place: Davenport, IA
- Airport: Davenport Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.6103° N, 90.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVENPORT MUNI (DVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6103&lon=-90.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310WA-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45G
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 247 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730419010799A

## Narrative

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

PREEXISTING CRACK LWR SPAR CAP WS-81 DISCERNIBLE,NOT DETECTED OVR 6-YR PERIOD.R WNG FOLDED UPWARD.

## 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 MKC73AK064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK064), Apr 19, 1973: Beech E18S (N310WA), Davenport, IA, 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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