# Accident 19731118042319A: Beech 95C55, Kayenta, AZ, November 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1973
- Place: Kayenta, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.7173° N, 110.2604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kayenta, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7173&lon=-110.2604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2077W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2077W-1974-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,851 total, 1,167 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731118042319A

## Narrative

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

ROUTE OF FLT PARALLEL TO ADVANCING COLD FRONT.ACFT OBSERVED AT LO ALT IN APPARENT SPIN.

## 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 LAX74AL038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL038), Nov 18, 1973: Beech 95-C55 (N2077W), Kayenta, AZ, destroyed, 1 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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