# NTSB CHI73AC052: Beech 3TM, N15212, Missing Aircraft, November 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 30, 1972
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73AC052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3364  72/11/30   MISSING AIRCRAFT    BEECH 3TM           CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N15212              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            AGE 50, 18025 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 2882 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DETROIT,MICH                MILWAUKEE,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER
        REMARKS- INCOMP/INADQT WX BRFNG.FA ADZNG CDFNT MOVG SE ACRS LK MICH,WA-OCNL MDT/SVR ICG,NOT PRVDD TO PLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15212](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15212-2023-06-17), registration cancelled 2023-06-17, S/N CA-121, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 3TM
- Registry model: [Beech 3 TM](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-3-tm) (registry code 1151040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, 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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