# Accident 19730531014109A: Beech TC45G, Tyler, TX, May 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1973
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Pounds
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73JB-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730531014109A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES 32 FT AGL 1 3/4 MI FROM ARPT. PLT HAD LDG LTS ON,GR DOWN.

## 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 FTW73AF071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF071), May 31, 1973: Beech E18S (N73JB), Tyler, TX, destroyed, 1 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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