# NTSB NYC65A0105: Beechcraft B-35, N2151D, South Beach, NY, February 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 14, 1965
- Place: South Beach, NY · SOUTH BEACH, NY
- Location: 40.5904° N, 74.0668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Beach, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5904&lon=-74.0668&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC65A0105
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC65A0105

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0060  65/2/14    SOUTH BEACH NY      BEECHCRAFT B-35     CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1930                    N2151D              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 27, 1681 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            481 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- WHEEL FROM N2151D FOUND IN RARITAN BAY,INJURY AND DAMAGE INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2151D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2151D-1965-05-21), registration cancelled 1965-05-21, S/N D-3501 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT B-35
- Registry model: [Beech D35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (registry code 1151510) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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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