# NTSB CHI65A0097: Beechcraft 35-B33, N8910M, Macomb, IL, May 21, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 21, 1965
- Place: Macomb, IL · MACOMB, IL
- Location: 40.4702° N, 90.6830° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macomb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4702&lon=-90.6830&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177678
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65A0097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0893  65/5/21    MACOMB ILL          BEECHCRAFT 35-B33   CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1215                    N8910M              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  AGE 45, 7342 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            32 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MACOMB
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- CABIN DOOR PARTIALLY OPENED DURING INITIAL CLIMB
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8910M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8910M-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N CD-690, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 35-B33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-B33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (registry code 1151406) (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: Macomb

## Other investigations on N8910M (1)

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.

- [NTSB CEN13LA557](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA557), Sep 24, 2013: Beech 35 B33 (N8910M), Urbana, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the crankshaft following several overheating events that had led to a stress crack and the subsequent fracture forward of the No. 6 rod journal.

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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