# Accident 19730918035942A: Beech 23BEECH, Lake Elmo, MN, September 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1973
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8701M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8701M-2023-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 521 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918035942A

## Narrative

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

PLT PERFORMING RUN-UP PARKED IN FRONT OF BELLANCA PERFORMING BFR TKOF CK.STABILATOR AND WING DMGD.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8286R, Blanca 1730A: [Accident 19730918035941A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918035941A)

## 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 MKC74DER15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER15), Sep 18, 1973: Beech 23 (N8701M), Lake Elmo, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8701M (1)

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

- [Accident 20211115019569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211115019569A), Nov 15, 2021: Beech 23 (N8701M), Abilene, TX, Substantial damage. On November 15, 2021, at 1200 CST, a Beech musketeer aircraft bearing registration number N8701M, registered to an individual impacted terrain after failing to…

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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