# Accident 19741231043789A: Beech H18, St Augustine, FL, December 31, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1974
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: Saint Augustine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500MM-1975-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741231043789A

## Narrative

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

PAX RPTD PLT HAD NO CTL OVR ACFT,CTLS FROZEN.EXTENSIVE FIRE DMG PRECLUDED DETERMINATION OF CAUSE.

## 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 IAD75AI038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI038), Dec 31, 1974: Beech H18 (N500MM), St Augustine, FL, destroyed, 2 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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