# Accident 19731205040779A: Beech 6580, Crestview, FL, December 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1973
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Airport: Bob Sikes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 30.7788° N, 86.5221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOB SIKES (CEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7788&lon=-86.5221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N741H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N741H-2012-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-80 (registry code 1152806, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 6580
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,743 total, 68 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731205040779A

## Narrative

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

PLT RPTD UNUSUAL SOUND WHEN GR WAS RETRACTED AFTR TKOF.NOSE STRUT ATTACH SEC TORN OUT BRACKETS BKN

## 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 MIA74FLA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA28), Dec 5, 1973: Beech 65-80 (N741H), Crestview, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N741H (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840508016409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840508016409A), May 8, 1984: Beech 6580 (N741H), Opa Locka, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing after engines quit from fuel mismanagement.
- [Incident 19820514054229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820514054229I), May 14, 1982: Beech 6580 (N741H), Nassau, Bahamas, Minor damage. Pilot experienced electrical failure and landed with gear up.

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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