# Accident 19740716025049A: Beech F35, Huntsville, AL, July 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1974
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: North Huntsville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3860B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3860B-1974-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 110 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75AM008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740716025049A

## Narrative

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

CABIN DR NOT PROPERLY SECURED.

## 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 MIA75AM008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM008), Jul 16, 1974: Beech F35 (N3860B), Huntsville, AL, 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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