# Accident 19731127041689A: Beech E18S, Muscatine, IA, November 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1973
- Place: Muscatine, IA
- Airport: Muscatine Mun
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 41.3679° N, 91.1482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSCATINE MUNI (MUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3679&lon=-91.1482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N262AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N262AA-1974-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,305 total, 2,830 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731127041689A

## Narrative

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

ARPT MGR HEARD ACFT MAKE 3 LOW PASSES AS THOUGH ATMTG NDB APCH TO RWY 5.HIT ABT 1245FT BFR RWY 12.

## 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 MKC74AK028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK028), Nov 27, 1973: Beech E18S (N262AA), Muscatine, IA, 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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