# NTSB CHI65A0099: Beechcraft K35, N129JD, Whitesburg, KY, June 2, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 2, 1965
- Place: Whitesburg, KY · WHITESBURG, KY
- Location: 37.1178° N, 82.8230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitesburg, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1178&lon=-82.8230&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 10, 1986
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178234
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65A0099
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0099

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0604   65/6/2    WHITESBURG KY       BEECHCRAFT K35      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1956
        TIME - 2000                    N129JD              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N129JD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N129JD-1965-08-06), registration cancelled 1965-08-06, S/N D-5829 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT K35
- Registry model: [Beech K35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (registry code 1151524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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