# NTSB FTW72DRG50: Beech E35, N3200C, Lereto, Mexico, February 21, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 21, 1972
- Place: Lereto, Mexico · LERETO,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 23, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72DRG50
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DRG50

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0065  72/2/21    LERETO,MEX          BEECH E35           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 3080
        TIME - 0930                    N3200C              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1587 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LORETO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LERETO,MEX                  MEXICALI,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- LND ON ROAD. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3200C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3200C-1996-10-16), registration cancelled 1996-10-16, S/N CE1420 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Registry model: [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (registry code 1151425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Loreto

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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