# Accident 19730808022379A: Beech 6580, Chattanooga, TN, August 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1973
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 6580
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FKW12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKW12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730808022379A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR ACTUATOR ASSY ATTACH BOLT FAILED.NO EVIDENCE OF BOLT BEING CHNGD.HIT CHUCK HOLE BFOR TKOF.

## 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 IAD74FKW12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKW12), Aug 8, 1973: Beech 65-80 (N1WF), Chattanooga, TN, 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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