# Accident 19731003030029A: Beech 95B55, Silver City, NM, October 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1973
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Turner Ridgeport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 32.7420° N, 108.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Turner Ridgeport Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7420&lon=-108.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6844Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6844Q-1975-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,834 total, 525 in this make and model, 323 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DQD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731003030029A

## Narrative

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

R PROP AND WG HIT COW THAT RAN ONTO RWY.

## 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 DEN74DQD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQD07), Oct 3, 1973: Beech B55 (N6844Q), Silver City, NM, 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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