# NTSB ANC67A0016: Beech C-18S, N445, Anchorage, AK, August 15, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1966
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122540
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC67A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1183  66/8/15    ANCHORAGE,ALAS      BEECH C-18S         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1845                    N445                PX-  3  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            UNK/NR, 3519 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            617 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- FATIGUE FRACTURES OCCURED ADJACENT TO LNDG GR SLIDE CLUSTER-RT WING. ACFT WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N445](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445-1966-09-27), registration cancelled 1966-09-27, S/N 8229 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-18S
- Registry model: [Beech C18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (registry code 1150902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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