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UNK64X2252

1964-06-12 · BEAUMONT, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N8358D

Make / Model
BEECH J35
Year of manufacture
1958 · 6 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580321
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB6E61

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECHCRAFT J35 · N8358D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time
785 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,500
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACE ASSEMBLY HALF NORMAL TENSION

Investigator remarks

SPRING TENSION AT UNION OF DRAG BRACE AND VEE BR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/12 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/1/CB 1
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Subordinate · 1

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1637. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1637.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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