# Accident 19730210004239A: Beech 65, Monroeville, AL, February 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1973
- Place: Monroeville, AL
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 31.5162° N, 87.3277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroeville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5162&lon=-87.3277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9535Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9535Q-1974-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,722 total, 35 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730210004239A

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR SWITCHES OFF,BATTERY DISCHARGED.PLT RTND ARPT LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY.

## 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 MIA73DKJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ39), Feb 10, 1973: Beech 65 (N9535Q), Monroeville, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9535Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740224006589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740224006589A), Feb 24, 1974: Beech 65 (N9535Q), Williamstown, WV, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Reported ram ice at 8000FT.lost l eng. Single eng apch,go arnd. Stall turning back toward fld.

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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