# Accident 19750114003869A: Beech SNB5, Evansville, IN, January 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1975
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Dress Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8794, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8794-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech TC-45J (registry code 1151022, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH SNB5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 48 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750114003869A

## Narrative

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

MAIL FLT.ACFT SLID L DRG TKOF,BECAME AIRBORNE,SETTLED.

## 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 CHI75AC053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC053), Jan 14, 1975: Westwind TC-45J (N8794), Evansville, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8794 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790303010749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790303010749I), Mar 3, 1979: Beech 18* (N8794), Boston, MA. Cargo door opened on takeoff and cargo fell out. Cargo handler did not latch door properly.
- [Incident 19790224007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790224007709I), Feb 24, 1979: Beech 18* (N8794), Providence, RI. Windshield fogged up due to inop heater. Landed long after approach and ran off departure end of runway.

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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