# Accident 19730110000939A: Beech F35, June Lake, CA, January 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1973
- Place: June Lake, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.7618° N, 119.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of June Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7618&lon=-119.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8816A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8816A-1979-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 717 total, 448 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730110000939A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TOLD FSS PERSONNEL HE FELT HE COULD GO UNDER THE CLOUDS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK73AP021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP021), Jan 10, 1973: Beech B35 (N8816A), June Lake, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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