# Accident 19750303006019A: Beech E18S, Dodge City, KS, March 3, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1975
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Dodge City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.7631° N, 99.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DODGE CITY RGNL (DDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7631&lon=-99.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N311D-1975-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,034 total, 1,262 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75AK046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750303006019A

## Narrative

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

GROUND FIRE AND GENERAL DISINTEGRATION OF ACFT.MAIL FLIGHT.

## 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 MKC75AK046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK046), Mar 3, 1975: Beech D18S (N311D), Dodge City, KS, destroyed, 1 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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