# NTSB MIA72AM096: Beech V35A, N772JV, Fort Pierce, FL, March 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 22, 1972
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL · FORT PIERCE, FL
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165383
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72AM096
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM096

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0125  72/3/22    FORT PIERCE,FLA     BEECH V35A          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 43, 1203
        TIME - 1700                    N772JV              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 526 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LUTZ,FLA                    FORT PIERCE,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- HIT RAISED BOOM OF DRAGLINE MACHINE AT PLTS HOME CONST SITE.PLT LAST OPERATOR OF MACHINE.WAVED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N772JV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- 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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