# Accident 19760718030309A: Beech V35, West Milford, NJ, July 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1976
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Nairobi
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 41.1312° N, 74.3674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Milford, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1312&lon=-74.3674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5600S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5600S-1981-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,411 total, 1,220 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760718030309A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SYSTEM CONTAMINATED BY FOREIGN MATTER.CG AFT OF LIMIT.

## 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 NYC76AN113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN113), Jul 18, 1976: Beech V35 (N5600S), West Milford, NJ, destroyed, 5 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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