# Accident 19730809025079A: Beech E50, Walworth, WI, August 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1973
- Place: Walworth, WI
- Airport: Big Foot
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.5272° N, 88.6514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG FOOT AIRFIELD (7V3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5272&lon=-88.6514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4977B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4977B-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-50 (registry code 1152512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E50
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEP08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEP08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730809025079A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SLID AND STRUCK A FUEL STORAGE TANK AND HANGAR.

## 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 CHI74FEP08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEP08), Aug 9, 1973: Beech D50 (N4977B), Walworth, WI, 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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