# Accident 19740524015389A: Beech 95B55, Eureka, KS, May 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1974
- Place: Eureka, KS
- Airport: Eureka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 37.8516° N, 96.2917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Eureka Municipal Airport (13K), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8516&lon=-96.2917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318K-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-55 (registry code 1152729, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 856 total, 274 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCQ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740524015389A

## Narrative

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

ACFT VEERED OFF RWY HIT DRAINAGE DITCH ABT 30FT E AND PARALLEL TO RWY.DITCH 6FT DEEP.

## 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 MKC74DCQ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ40), May 24, 1974: Beech 95B-55 (N318K), Eureka, KS, 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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