# NTSB MKC72AK017: Beech F-35, N4280B, Whittemore, IA, August 22, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 22, 1971
- Place: Whittemore, IA · WHITTEMORE, IA
- Location: 43.0633° N, 94.4252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whittemore, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0633&lon=-94.4252&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 27, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72AK017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72AK017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4291  71/8/22    WHITTEMORE,IOWA     BEECH F-35          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1032
        TIME - 1345                    N4280B              PX-  0  0  5  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STEIER FLD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OMAHA,NEB                   WHITTEMORE,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- L WNG HIT BOY RIDING MINI-BIKE ON RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4280B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F-35
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Steier Fld

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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