# Accident 19841006076839A: Beech 35BEECH, Middletown, NY, October 6, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1984, 16:45 local time
- Place: Middletown, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4449° N, 74.4236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4449&lon=-74.4236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4447V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT E18511
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841006076839A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING CONTACTED GROUND PRIOR TO LIFTOFF FROM PASTURE. DEPARTURE STALL FOLLOWED, STRUCK TREE, GROUND AND BURNED.

## 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 NYC85FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA003), Oct 6, 1984: Beech V35 (N4447V), Middletown, PA, destroyed, 1 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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