# NTSB MKC75OK004: Beech B55, N9717S, Luanda Angola, Angola, May 7, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1975
- Place: Luanda Angola, Angola · LUANDA ANGOLA, Angola
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149651
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC75OK004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75OK004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0027   75/5/7  NR.LUANDA ANGOLA      BEECH B55           CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 6897
        TIME - 1215                    N9717S              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         LUANDA ANGOLA                JOHANNESBURG,AFRICA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURDSDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLIA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9717S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B55
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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