# NTSB CHI66D0655: Beech V35, N2073W, Mt Sterling, KY, April 1, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 1, 1966
- Place: Mt Sterling, KY · MT STERLING, KY
- Location: 38.0655° N, 83.9488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Sterling, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0655&lon=-83.9488&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172553
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0655
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0655

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0655   66/4/1    MT STERLING KY      BEECH V35           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6000
        TIME - 0700                    N2073W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MT STERLING
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2073W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2073W), registered now, S/N D-8003, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Registry model: [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (registry code 1151538) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mt Sterling

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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