# Accident 19740201001719A: Beech C45H, St Louis, MO, February 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1974
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N149L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N149L-2013-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,110 total, 3,005 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740201001719A

## Narrative

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

R WING HIT A METAL MAINT LADDER ABT 10FT HI ON RAMP.LADDER LEFT THERE AFTR WORK CPLTD ON OTR ACFT.

## 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 MKC74AK044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK044), Feb 1, 1974: Beech C-45H (N149L), St Louis, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N149L (1)

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

- [Incident 19800118015059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118015059I), Jan 18, 1980: Beech C45H (N149L), St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. After tail tire was on ground, pilot felt pull to left. Went off runway into the grass.

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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