# NTSB UNK65X1296: Beechraft M35, N505E, Sarasota, FL, January 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1965
- Place: Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180094
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1296
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1296

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0176  65/1/16    SARASOTA FLA        BEECHRAFT M35       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1725                    N505E               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 29, 2240 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            912 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SARASOTA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD
        REMARKS- UNMARKED DITCH                                  AIRPORT-HIDDEN HAZARD, UNMARKED DITCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N505E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505E-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N D-6551, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT M35
- Registry model: [Beech M35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (registry code 1151526) (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
- Airport: Sarasota

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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