# NTSB FTW69A0002: Beech D35, N2184D, Medina, TX, July 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1968
- Place: Medina, TX · MEDINA, TX
- Location: 26.9344° N, 99.2630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9344&lon=-99.2630&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 7, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109543
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3244   68/7/4    MEDINA,TEX          BEECH D35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 583
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N2184D              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - A BAR A RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/9/69. DISTRESS CALL RECD BY FSS PRIOR TO IMPACT IN FOREST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2184D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2184D-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N D-3531 (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: A Bar A Ranch

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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