# Accident 19740427011329A: Beech 65, Springfield, IL, April 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1974
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14GF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14GF-2009-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,440 total, 333 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEV47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740427011329A

## Narrative

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

BOLT AN25-27 MISSING FROM NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR 50-820144-3 AND NOSEGEAR BRACE 50-820009-2.NOT FOUND.

## 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 CHI74FEV47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV47), Apr 27, 1974: Beech 65 (N14GF), Springfield, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N14GF (1)

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

- [Incident 19791115055789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791115055789I), Nov 15, 1979: Beech 65 (N14GF), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. Airplane would not fly 100 feet from runway end. Overran and crashed in water.

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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