# NTSB MIA65A0116: Beechcraft 65, N196BG, Greenville, MS, May 30, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1965
- Place: Greenville, MS · GREENVILLE, MS
- Location: 33.3833° N, 91.0521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3833&lon=-91.0521&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 8, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178174
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0116
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0116

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0423  65/5/30  NR.GREENVILLE MISS    BEECHCRAFT 65       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2600
        TIME - 0520                    N196BG              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INCAPICATION INDUCED BY SLEEP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N196BG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N196BG-1965-07-16), registration cancelled 1965-07-16, S/N LC-166 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 65
- Registry model: [Beech 65](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (registry code 1152802) (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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