SEA71AS025

NTSB accident investigation · Beech S35 · Missing Aircraft · August 7, 1970

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
August 7, 1970
Place
Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N11SMBeech S35
Status
Completed · report March 18, 1971
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
113713

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2438   70/8/7    MISSING AIRCRAFT    BEECH S35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 900
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N11SM               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ASTORIA,OREG               UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- DATE,ACFT DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N11SM
Reported as
Beech S35
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.