# NTSB UNK65X1048: Beechcraft 35-33, N939T, Mansfield, LA, December 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1964
- Place: Mansfield, LA · MANSFIELD, LA
- Location: 32.0359° N, 93.6994° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mansfield, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0359&lon=-93.6994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1048
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1048

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3653  64/12/19   MANSFIELD LA        BEECHCRAFT 35-33    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1800                    N939T               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 53, 12900 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 450 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DESOTO PARISH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PWR PLT-IMPROPERLY SECURED  B  NUT ON FUEL LINE.
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT)
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
                                  SMOKE IN COCKPIT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N939T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939T-1965-01-14), registration cancelled 1965-01-14, S/N CD-148 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 35-33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (registry code 1151402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Desoto Parish

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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