# Accident 19740402009319A: Beech TC45G, St Louis, MO, April 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 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: N653G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N653G-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (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 TC45G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,814 total, 9,745 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740402009319A

## Narrative

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

HIT ACFT TUG ON TAXIWAY.

## 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 MKC74AK058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK058), Apr 2, 1974: Beech D18S (N653G), St Louis, MO, substantial damage

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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