# NTSB CHI69A0097: Beech 35, N3358V, Missing Aircraft, May 21, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 21, 1969
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1646  69/5/21    MISSING AIRCRAFT    BEECH 35            CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 200
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N3358V              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DEPARTED NEGAUNEE,MICH FOR LANSING,MICH,PRESUMED IN LAKE MICH.ACFT DAMAGE;INJURIES PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3358V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3358V-2024-06-08), registration cancelled 2024-06-08, S/N D-823, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (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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