# Accident 19740605019559A: Beech 35BEECH, Hopkinsville, KY, June 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1974
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.8656° N, 87.4886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hopkinsville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8656&lon=-87.4886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2939V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2939V-1974-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 320 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740605019559A

## Narrative

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

PLT RCVD WX BRIEF DAY BFR ACDT.TSTMS AND SVR TURBC IN AREA.R WING MAIN SPAR FRAGMENTED.

## 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 NYC74AN102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN102), Jun 5, 1974: Beech 35 (N2939V), Hopkinsville, KY, destroyed, 3 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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