# NTSB NYC68A0121: Beech A35, N8579A, Somerset, PA, May 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1968
- Place: Somerset, PA · SOMERSET, PA
- Location: 40.0050° N, 79.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerset, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0050&lon=-79.0779&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68A0121
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0121

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3403  68/5/19    SOMERSET,PA         BEECH A35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 132
        TIME - 0945                    N8579A              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- LEADING EDGE OF RT WING, INBOARD SECTION OF RT AILERON, 40 IN PIECE OF RT AILERON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8579A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8579A-1974-05-17), registration cancelled 1974-05-17, S/N D-2001, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Registry model: [Beech A35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (registry code 1151504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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