# NTSB FTW69A0082: Beech T-34B, N3744, Bishop, TX, May 10, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 10, 1969
- Place: Bishop, TX · BISHOP, TX
- Location: 27.5853° N, 97.7974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bishop, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5853&lon=-97.7974&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179807
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0082

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1681  69/5/10    BISHOP,TEX          BEECH T-34B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 276
        TIME - 0908                    N3744               PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- STEEP BANKED TURNS AT LOW ALT WITH FULL FLAPS WHILE MANEUVERING WITH ANOTHER ACFT FOR AIR PICTURES
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3744](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3744-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N BG-282 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T-34B
- Registry model: [Beech D-45](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (registry code 1152012) (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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