# Accident 19751211041509A: Beech S35, Meadville, PA, December 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1975
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Airport: Port Meadville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.6265° N, 80.2147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT MEADVILLE (GKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6265&lon=-80.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N239S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N239S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 133 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FGM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FGM19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751211041509A

## Narrative

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

LWR THAN NML FINAL APCH SPEED DUE RWY COND.

## 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 NYC76FGM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FGM19), Dec 11, 1975: Beech S35 (N239S), Meadville, PA, substantial damage

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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