# NTSB DEN73FTE28: Beech D35, N737D, Denver, CO, September 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 22, 1972
- Place: Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73FTE28
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FTE28

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1799  72/9/22    DENVER,COLO         BEECH D35           CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 651
        TIME - 0848                    N737D               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 551 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BROOMFIELD,COLO             DENVER,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        REMARKS- PLT WARNED OF POSSIBLE WAKE TURB FROM PRECEDING DC-10.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N737D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737D-1973-12-14), registration cancelled 1973-12-14, S/N D-3411 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Registry model: [Beech D35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (registry code 1151510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Stapleton

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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