# NTSB NYC69A0073: Beech TC-45G, N445DM, Syracuse, NY, January 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 15, 1969
- Place: Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 24, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69A0073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69A0073

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1056  69/1/15    SYRACUSE,NY         BEECH TC-45G        CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2350                    N445DM              PX-  0  0  0  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      34, 9080 TOTAL HOURS, 950
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D        IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HANCOCK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          GROUND FOG                                               CALM
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           12                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- MAIL FLT. AUTO DRIVER UNAUTHORIZED TO OPERATE ON AFLD. DROVE INTO ACFT. PATCHES OF GRND FOG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N445DM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445DM-2020-11-30), registration cancelled 2020-11-30, S/N AF-152, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC-45G
- Registry model: [Beech TC-45G](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45g) (registry code 1151016) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hancock

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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