# Accident 19730511020279A: Beech TC45G, Bradenton, FL, May 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1973
- Place: Bradenton, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 27.4898° N, 82.5768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradenton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4898&lon=-82.5768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7697C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7697C-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45G (registry code 1151014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,226 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLD81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD81) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730511020279A

## Narrative

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

PLT EXECUTED WHEELS DOWN LANDING.CAUSE OF FIRE DESCRIBED AS WHITISH IN COLOR COULD NOT BE DTRMND.

## 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 MIA73FLD81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD81), May 11, 1973: Beech C-45G (N7697C), Bradenton, FL, destroyed

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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