# NTSB MIA73FLD14: Beech D35, N18W, St.Petersburg, FL, September 11, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1972
- Place: St.Petersburg, FL · ST.PETERSBURG, FL
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73FLD14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3368  72/9/11    ST.PETERSBURG,FLA   BEECH D35           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 544
        TIME - 1910                    N18W                PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 116 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.PETERSBURG
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VENICE,FLA                  ST.PETERSBURG,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18W-1997-03-07), registration cancelled 1997-03-07, S/N D3409 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Registry model: [Beech D35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (registry code 1151510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: St.Petersburg

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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