# NTSB FTW66D0455: Beechcraft M35, N9927R, Oklahomacity, OK, December 17, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 17, 1965
- Place: Oklahomacity, OK · OKLAHOMACITY, OK
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66D0455
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0455

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0882  65/12/17   OKLAHOMACITY OKLA   BEECHCRAFT M35      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2328
        TIME - 0515                    N9927R              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 2048 IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN AIRPARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- NIGHT WATCHMAN HIT BY ROTATING PROP WHILE DISCONNECTING BOOSTER BATTERY CABLE TO TRUCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9927R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9927R-1970-06-17), registration cancelled 1970-06-17, S/N D-6473 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT M35
- Registry model: [Beech M35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (registry code 1151526) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Downtown Airpark

## Other investigations on N9927R (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW69A0049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0049), Jan 20, 1969: Beech M35 (N9927R), Austin, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.