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MIA66F0300

1965-10-24 · KEYSTONE HTS, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECHCRAFT K35 · N9500R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
KEYSTONE
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 10 kt
Temp
78° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,160 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,300
Age
46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS OPERATIVE.

Investigator remarks

LANDING GEAR MOTOR BRUSHES EXCESSIVELY WORN. EME

Cause factors

  • 64/A/39 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/J/CB J
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Joint cause
  • 75/J/AK J
    SYSTEMS MOTORS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3123. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3123.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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