# NTSB MIA69A0084: Beech P35, N9573Y, Bluffton, SC, June 6, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 6, 1969
- Place: Bluffton, SC · BLUFFTON, SC
- Location: 32.2371° N, 80.8604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bluffton, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2371&lon=-80.8604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 3, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172746
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69A0084
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0084

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3494   69/6/6    BLUFFTON,SC         BEECH P35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 100
        TIME - 0928                    N9573Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          JACKSONVILLE,FLA            PITTSBURG,PA                 SAVANNAH,GA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- BECAME LOST LNDD AT PAGE FLD DEPARTED FOR SAV.ACFT LAST OBSVD HEADED N AT LOW ALT IN LVL FLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9573Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9573Y-2020-06-09), registration cancelled 2020-06-09, S/N D-7038, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Registry model: [Beech P35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (registry code 1151530) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (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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