# Accident 19731202042479A: Beech H35, Georgetown, CA, December 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1973
- Place: Georgetown, CA
- Airport: Georgetown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.9211° N, 120.8648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGETOWN (E36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9211&lon=-120.8648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5581D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5581D-1974-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731202042479A

## Narrative

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

RESIDUE FM BREAKDWN OF FUEL LINE IMPEDING OPN OF PRIMER & CARB.ATMTNG RTN TO ARPT.PLT TIME TO 8/73

## 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 OAK74AP021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP021), Dec 2, 1973: Beech H35 (N5581D), Georgetown, CA, destroyed, 2 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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