# NTSB NYC66A0025: Beechcraft 95-55, N5872S, Salem, NJ, August 21, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1965
- Place: Salem, NJ · SALEM, NJ
- Location: 39.5682° N, 75.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salem, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5682&lon=-75.4726&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0766  65/8/21    SALEM,NJ            BEECHCRAFT 95-55    CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1745                    N5872S              PX-  1  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 41, 2971 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM AIRFIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5872S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5872S-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N TC-855 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 95-55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Salem Airfield

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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