# NTSB MIA73AM072: Beech E35, N3294C, Mobile, AL, January 6, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 6, 1973
- 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: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169674
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73AM072
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM072

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0656   73/1/6    MOBILE,ALA          BEECH E35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 650
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N3294C              PX-  4  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT WALTON BEACH,FLA         MAGEE,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- ONE PAX ASSUMED FATAL,BODY NOT RECOVERED.L MN LDG GR,3 BODIES IDENT,1 BODY UNIDENT IN MOBILE BAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3294C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3294C-1973-06-22), registration cancelled 1973-06-22, S/N D-3961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Registry model: [Beech E35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (registry code 1151512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730106005579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730106005579A), Jan 6, 1973: Beech F35, Mobile, AL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. One pax assumed fatal,body not recovered.l MN ldg gr,3 bodies ident,1 body unident in Mobile bay.

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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