# NTSB DEN65A0071: Beechcraft T-34A, N10545, Albuquerque, NM, May 9, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 9, 1965
- Place: Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65A0071
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65A0071

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0185   65/5/9  NR.ALBUQUERQUE N MEX  BEECHCRAFT T-34A    CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1915                    N10545              PX-  0  0  0  SEARCH AND RESCUE         37, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, 220
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
          MISC-REDUCED LIGHT AT DUSK.
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGHLINE DURING CAP SEARCH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10545](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10545-1965-06-01), registration cancelled 1965-06-01, S/N G-45, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT T-34A
- Registry model: [Beech A45 (T-34A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a45-t-34a) (registry code 1152024) (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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