# Accident 19731009037429A: Beech 95C55, Inkster, MI, October 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1973
- Place: Inkster, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.2939° N, 83.3203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Inkster, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2939&lon=-83.3203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233Z-1974-01-16) (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: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Pilot flight hours: 2,752 total, 275 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731009037429A

## Narrative

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

ATTMPTD ILS APCH IN KNOWN POOR VIZ,LOST CTL.PLT MADE MISSED APCH PRIOR.CRASHED IN STREET.

## 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 CHI74AC034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC034), Oct 9, 1973: Beech 95-B55 (N233Z), Inkster, MI, destroyed, 8 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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