# Accident 19730614016252A: Beech SNB5, Covington, KY, June 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1973
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Grtr Cincinnati
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N179L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N179L-1975-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech SNB-5 (registry code 1151024, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-snb-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH SNB5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,277 total, 3,703 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73AI018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730614016252A

## Narrative

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

PLT OF N179L WAS SECURING CARGO,CP WAS IN COCKPIT. ACFT NAV LTS WERE OFF.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N136C, Beech E18S: [Accident 19730614016251A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730614016251A)

## 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 IAD73AI018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI018), Jun 14, 1973: Beech D18S (N179L), Covington, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N179L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740718029099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740718029099A), Jul 18, 1974: Beech SNB5 (N179L), Philadelphia, OH, Substantial damage. L brake,one pad on nr 3 piston slipped out of cyl and wedged btwn disc and housing assembly.

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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