# NTSB MKC70AK062: Beech E18S, N139K, Sioux City, IA, May 19, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1970
- Place: Sioux City, IA · SIOUX CITY, IA
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127215
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70AK062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70AK062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1199  70/5/19    SIOUX CITY,IOWA     BEECH E18S          CR-  2  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1103                    N139K               PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            AGE 27, 3075 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            525 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAHAM
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ATLANTA,GA                  WILLMAR,MINN                 SIOUX CITY,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- IN FLT FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE. L PROP FOUND FEATH. INVEST SHOWED NO ENG MALFUNCTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N139K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139K-1971-12-16), registration cancelled 1971-12-16, S/N BA-188 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Graham

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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