# Accident 19780607020299A: Beech V35B, Lake Wales, FL, June 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1978
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Chalet Suzanne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 27.9203° N, 81.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Wales, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9203&lon=-81.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4277A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4277A-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,219 total, 59 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLD50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780607020299A

## Narrative

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

BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER TKOF ABORTED.

## 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 MIA78FLD50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD50), Jun 7, 1978: Beech V35B (N4277A), Lake Wales, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4277A (2)

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

- [Accident 19891001037319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001037319A), Oct 1, 1989: Beech V35B (N4277A), Colquitt, GA, Substantial damage. Boxed in by wall of clouds and heavy rain. Elected land on a road,hit wires,severed right main. Veered into ditch.
- [Accident 19731202038279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731202038279A), Dec 2, 1973: Beech V35B (N4277A), White Plains, NY, Substantial damage. Due acft on rwy 11 plt declared ldg rwy 34 t/d short of rwy skidded on turf lost nose,r main gr.

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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