# Accident 19740514023019A: Beech 35BEECH, Townsend, MT, May 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1974
- Place: Townsend, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.3192° N, 111.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Townsend, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3192&lon=-111.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2962V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2962V-1975-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740514023019A

## Narrative

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

WX BRIEF BY HELENA COMBINED STA/TWR.SHWRS OVR MTNS E OF HELENA,PEAKS OBSCRD.DISINTEGRATION INFLT.

## 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 SEA74AS044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS044), May 14, 1974: Beech 35 (N2962V), Townsend, MT, destroyed, 1 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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