# Accident 19730920032929A: Beech TC45G, Natchitoches, LA, September 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1973
- Place: Natchitoches, LA
- Airport: Natchitoches Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 31.7357° N, 93.0992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NATCHITOCHES RGNL (IER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7357&lon=-93.0992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50JR-1973-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45G
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 14,290 total, 2,190 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730920032929A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD SEV CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.RAN FRM MOTEL TO NEAR ARPT,ABT 3MI.

## 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 FTW74AF017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF017), Sep 20, 1973: Beech E18S (N50JR), Natchitoches, LA, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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