# NTSB FTW70A0011: Beech 35-A33, N623B, New Orleans, LA, August 19, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1969
- Place: New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 8, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70A0011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70A0011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2208  69/8/19    NEW ORLEANS,LA      BEECH 35-A33        CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 350
        TIME - 0910                    N623B               PX-  3  0  0  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ACFT NOT ROTATED.CAUSE UNDETERMINED.BOUNCED,FAILD NOSE GR.HIT SEAWALL 698 FT PAST END 3000 FT RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N623B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N623B-1971-10-28), registration cancelled 1971-10-28, S/N CD352 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-A33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-A33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (registry code 1151404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lakefront

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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