# Accident 19730914031109A: Beech 95C55, Windsor Lock, CT, September 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1973
- Place: Windsor Lock, CT
- Airport: Bradley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5943S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5943S-1975-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74IN023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74IN023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730914031109A

## Narrative

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

LDG GR ACTUATOR ASSY JAMMED AFTR TKOF.UN EXTEND OR RETRACT GR FRM IMT PSN.

## 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 NYC74IN023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74IN023), Sep 14, 1973: Beech 95-C55 (N5943S), Windsor Lock, CT, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N5943S (1)

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

- [Accident 19750111001559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750111001559A), Jan 11, 1975: Beech 95C55 (N5943S), Opa Locka, FL, Destroyed. L fuel selector on aux vice MN fuel tank. Eng not feathered,gr not retracted.

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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