# NTSB NYC72AN152: Beech 35, N3422V, Port Mahon, DE, June 10, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 10, 1972
- Place: Port Mahon, DE · PORT MAHON, DE
- Location: 39.1854° N, 75.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Mahon, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1854&lon=-75.4010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72AN152
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN152

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0887  72/6/10  NR.PORT MAHON,DEL     BEECH 35            CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 250
        TIME - 2000                    N3422V              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          REHOBOTH BEACH,DEL         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- OBS STATED HE HEARD ACFT SPUTTERING AND IT CRASHED IN BAY. ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3422V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3422V-1972-08-14), registration cancelled 1972-08-14, S/N D-902 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (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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