# Accident 19740423011709A: Beech D55, Roanoke, VA, April 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1974
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Woodrum Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6270V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6270V-1974-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740423011709A

## Narrative

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

R FLAP ACTUATOR JACKSCREW ATTACH BRACKET FAILD FM SIDE FORCES DRG RETRACTION.

## 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 IAD74AI050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI050), Apr 23, 1974: Beech D55 (N6270V), Roanoke, VA, substantial damage, 1 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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