# NTSB MIA66F0402: Beechcraft A-23, N8867M, Southern Pines, NC, December 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 16, 1965
- Place: Southern Pines, NC · SOUTHERN PINES, NC
- Location: 35.1950° N, 79.4021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southern Pines, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1950&lon=-79.4021&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66F0402
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0402

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0889  65/12/16   SOUTHERN PINES NC   BEECHCRAFT A-23     CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1000
        TIME - 1700                    N8867M              PX-  1  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PINEHURST-S.PINES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8867M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8867M-1966-02-24), registration cancelled 1966-02-24, S/N M-605 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT A-23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pinehurst-S.Pines

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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