# NTSB LAX69A0042: Beech 35, N2725V, Fredonia, AZ, January 10, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 10, 1969
- Place: Fredonia, AZ · FREDONIA, AZ
- Location: 36.9617° N, 112.5162° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredonia, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9617&lon=-112.5162&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 3, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191500
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0041  69/1/10    FREDONIA,ARIZ       BEECH 35            CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 912
        TIME - 1736                    N2725V              PX-  3  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FREDONIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A L SPIN FROM ST/LEVEL FLT WITH NO ATTEMPT AT RECOVERY BEFORE CRASH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2725V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2725V-1969-08-08), registration cancelled 1969-08-08, S/N D-103 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fredonia

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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