# Accident 19740430012709A: Beech 99, Galveston, TX, April 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1974
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N853SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N853SA-1975-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 6,346 total, 129 in this make and model, 359 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740430012709A

## Narrative

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

10MIN BHND SKED.PAX NOT BRFD EMERG EVAC.TRIM STAB SDBY PSN.NO FOAM EXT ON FIRE TRK.3HRS LAST 90DAY

## 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 FTW74AF076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF076), Apr 30, 1974: Beech 99 (N853SA), Galveston, TX, destroyed, 6 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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