# Accident 19760803038649A: Beech 58, Chillicothe, MO, August 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1976
- Place: Chillicothe, MO
- Airport: Chillicothe Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.7820° N, 93.4962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHILLICOTHE MUNI (CHT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7820&lon=-93.4962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1553W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1553W-1977-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,288 total, 1,136 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760803038649A

## Narrative

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

PRE-EXISTING FATIGUE CRACK NO.7 CRANKCHEEK,CAUSE OF INITIATION NOT DETERMINED.

## 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 MKC76AK072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK072), Aug 3, 1976: Beech 58 (N1553W), Chillicothe, MO, 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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