# NTSB FTW76AF044: Beech E18S, N5657D, Missing Aircraft, October 28, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 28, 1975
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 11, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW76AF044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3873  75/10/28   MISSING AIRCRAFT    BEECH E18S          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N5657D              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  36, 7940 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DALLAS,TX                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5657D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5657D-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N BA-407, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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