# NTSB OAK76O0002: Beech 35, N3944N, Punta Pscadro, Mexico, April 12, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 12, 1976
- Place: Punta Pscadro, Mexico · PUNTA PSCADRO, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 7, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 154206
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK76O0002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76O0002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0010  76/4/12    PUNTA PSCADRO,MEX   BEECH 35            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 647
        TIME - 0630                    N3944N              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PUNTA PESCADERO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PUNTA PSCADRO,MEX           LORETO,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           STALL: MUSH                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3944N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3944N-1996-01-22), registration cancelled 1996-01-22, S/N D1202 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Punta Pescadero

## Other investigations on N3944N (1)

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.

- [NTSB BFO95LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA077), Aug 9, 1995: Beech 35 (N3944N), Paintersville, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING, AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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