# Accident 19740213015819A: Beech 95B55, Grand Rapids, MI, February 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1974
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5945S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5945S-1974-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,398 total, 142 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740213015819A

## Narrative

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

3RD ILS APCH.CALLED MISSED APCH AT NDB MDA DRG 1ST ILS APCH.LGT ICG FCSTD,OTR ACFT RPRTD MOD ICG.

## 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 CHI74AC069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC069), Feb 13, 1974: Beech 95-B55 (N5945S), Grand Rapids, MI, 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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