# Accident 19731224042609A: Beech 9555, New Salem, ND, December 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1973
- Place: New Salem, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.8430° N, 101.4179° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Salem, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8430&lon=-101.4179&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9385Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9385Y-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-55 (registry code 1152702, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 9555
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 936 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731224042609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD IN STEEP DSCNDG SPIRAL.OTR ACFT IN AREA RPTD ENCTRG ICING COND BT WN DIK AND BIS.

## 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 MKC74AK035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK035), Dec 24, 1973: Beech 95-55 (N9385Y), New Salem, ND, destroyed, 6 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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