# Accident 19730518017599A: Beech B23BEECH, Kent, OH, May 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1973
- Place: Kent, OH
- Airport: Andrew W Patton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.1457° N, 81.3644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1457&lon=-81.3644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6139N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6139N-1974-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 169 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEI41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730518017599A

## Narrative

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

3RD APCH TO LDG.DRG LVL OFF ENCTRD L GUST,ACFT T/D L WING LOW ABT 90 DEG TO RWY.WIND GUSTING 15K.

## 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 CHI73FEI41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI41), May 18, 1973: Beech B23 (N6139N), Kent, OH, substantial damage

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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