# NTSB CHI69A0081: Beech K35, N609T, Kewaunee, WI, March 14, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1969
- Place: Kewaunee, WI · KEWAUNEE, WI
- Location: 44.4636° N, 87.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kewaunee, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4636&lon=-87.5217&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0081

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0605  69/3/14    KEWAUNEE,WIS        BEECH K35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 186
        TIME - 1844                    N609T               PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          WINGS-FIRE IN L WING MAIN FUEL TANK AREA.
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- IGNITION SOURCE UNDTMND.PLT REPORTED ELEC FIRE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N609T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N609T-1971-06-07), registration cancelled 1971-06-07, S/N D-5749 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (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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