# Accident 19760908031429A: Beech S35, Block Island, RI, September 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1976
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272D-2015-04-30) (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: 4,175 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760908031429A

## Narrative

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

PARKING BRAKE INEFFECTIVE.PAX ON R WING OF ACFT WHEN ACFT MOVED,FELL OFF,STRUCK HEAD ON RAMP.

## 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 NYC76AN126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN126), Sep 8, 1976: Beech S35 (N272D), Block Island, RI, minor damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N272D (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120225003259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120225003259A), Feb 25, 2012: Beech S35 (N272D), Dixie Valley, NV, Substantial damage. Subsequent to departure from runway 16, the pilot stated he encountered wind shear. The aircraft impacted with the ground about 1/2 mile from the departure end…
- [Accident 20090908018289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090908018289A), Sep 8, 2009: Beech S35 (N272D), Fallon, NV, Substantial damage. Pilot was taxiing from his hangar to the airport ramp area. Just prior to this incident the pilot was at a friends house and was distraught over the death of…

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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