# NTSB UNK65X1537: Beechcraft C-45H, N9574Z, Bao Trai, VM, September 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 27, 1965
- Place: Bao Trai, VM · BAO TRAI, Vietnam
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175444
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1537
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1537

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0057  65/9/27    BAO TRAI VIETNAM    BEECHCRAFT C-45H    CR-  2  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4348
        TIME - 1510                    N9574Z              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 1764 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BAO TRAI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S)                              IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9574Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9574Z-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N AF-45 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-45H
- Registry model: [Beech C-45H](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (registry code 1151019) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bao Trai

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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