# Accident 19740817027399A: Beech 35A33, Missing Aircraf, VT, August 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1974
- Place: Missing Aircraf, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N385Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N385Z-1975-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35A33
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,338 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740817027399A

## Narrative

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

LOW CLGS,REDUCED VIS & RAIN SHWRS RPTD ROUTE OF FLT.PLT RETURNING TO LWM.DMG/INJURY INDEX PRESUMED

## 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 NYC75AN020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN020), Aug 17, 1974: Beech 35-A33 (N385Z), Bennington, VT, 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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