# NTSB UNK64X3886: Beechcraft B33, N9720Y, Sparta, NC, September 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 9, 1964
- Place: Sparta, NC · SPARTA, NC
- Location: 36.5017° N, 81.1209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5017&lon=-81.1209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182117
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3886
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3886

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2835   64/9/9    SPARTA NC           BEECHCRAFT B33      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 5000
        TIME - 0945                    N9720Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9720Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9720Y), registered now, S/N D-7124 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT B33
- Registry model: [Beech P35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (registry code 1151530) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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