# NTSB MIA70A0016: Beech 65, N3333M, Mobile, AL, August 26, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1969
- Place: Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 23, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2690  69/8/26    MOBILE,ALA          BEECH 65            CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 14000
        TIME - 0053                    N3333M              PX-  2  1  0  OTHER PUBLIC              TOTAL HOURS, 587 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALBANY GA                   MOBILE,ALA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- TWR OPNL 0600-2400 HRS,L X-WIND 100DEG 4K.DC9 IN PATN PRACTICING LDGS AND ILS LOW APCHS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3333M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3333M-1970-06-04), registration cancelled 1970-06-04, S/N LC-65 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Registry model: [Beech 65](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (registry code 1152802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bates Field

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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