# Accident 19740505015099A: Beech S35, Blue Ridge, TX, May 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1974
- Place: Blue Ridge, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.2984° N, 96.3988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Ridge, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2984&lon=-96.3988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5834S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5834S-1974-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 564 total, 75 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740505015099A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF KNOWN TSTM ACTIVITY.

## 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 FTW74AF080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF080), May 5, 1974: Beech S35 (N5834S), Blue Ridge, TX, 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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