# NTSB UNK65X1155: Beechraft 35, N2741V, Waterford, MI, December 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: December 27, 1964
- Place: Waterford, MI · WATERFORD, MI
- Location: 42.7023° N, 83.4027° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waterford, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7023&lon=-83.4027&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1155
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1155

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3772  64/12/27   WATERFORD MICH      BEECHRAFT 35        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 70 TOTAL
        TIME - 0910                    N2741V              PX-  0  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIRAL                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH FROST ON AIRCRAFT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2741V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2741V-2009-09-15), registration cancelled 2009-09-15, S/N D-121, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pontiac Municipal

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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