# Accident 19731220040859A: Beech 95B55, Colonie, NY, December 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1973
- Place: Colonie, NY
- Airport: Albany Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5729K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5729K-1974-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-55 (registry code 1152729, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 209 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731220040859A

## Narrative

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

PLT ADZD OF ALBANY WX CONDS ENRT.GS & LOM OUT OF SERVICE.

## 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 NYC74AN056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN056), Dec 20, 1973: Beech 95-B55 (N5729K), Colonie, NY, 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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