# NTSB MIA65A0078: Beech C35, N1815D, Awendaw, SC, February 3, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 3, 1965
- Place: Awendaw, SC · AWENDAW, SC
- Location: 32.9679° N, 79.6548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Awendaw, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9679&lon=-79.6548&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 20, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0078
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0078

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0379   65/2/3  NR.AWENDAW SC         BEECH C35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 4000
        TIME - 0910                    N1815D              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-INCAPACITATION CAUSED BY DRUGS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- AIRCAFT CRASHED IN SWAMP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1815D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1815D-1965-03-15), registration cancelled 1965-03-15, S/N D-3084 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- Registry model: [Beech C35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (registry code 1151508) (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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