# NTSB MIA68A0075: Beech 35, N5148C, Troy, AL, March 9, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 9, 1968
- Place: Troy, AL · TROY, AL
- Location: 31.8020° N, 85.9671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8020&lon=-85.9671&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111335
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0075
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0075

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1021   68/3/9    TROY,ALA            BEECH 35            CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0215                    N5148C              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 56, 15000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 5020 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TROY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LACK OF GRND REFERENCE LIGHTS IN APPROACH AREA.4 DEG UPHILL SLOPE ON APPROACH TO RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5148C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5148C-1968-06-17), registration cancelled 1968-06-17, S/N D-2433, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Troy

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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