# NTSB DEN65A0083: Beechcraft T-34, N12269, Albuquerque, NM, June 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 19, 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: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65A0083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65A0083

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0427  65/6/19    ALBUQUERQUE N MEX   BEECHCRAFT T-34     CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 240
        TIME - 1829                    N12269              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNPORT MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  6000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           70                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 45 KNOTS-PILOT HAD SEVERE HEART CONDITION WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED INCAPACITATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12269](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12269-1965-08-16), registration cancelled 1965-08-16, S/N G837 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT T-34
- Registry model: [Beech T-34A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34a) (registry code 1152008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sunport Municipal

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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