# NTSB CHI65F0029: Beechraft 35, N409B, Lockport, IL, January 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1965
- Place: Lockport, IL · LOCKPORT, IL
- Location: 41.5908° N, 88.0325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lockport, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5908&lon=-88.0325&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65F0029
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0029

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0323  65/1/27    LOCKPORT ILL        BEECHRAFT 35        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 2000
        TIME - 1800                    N409B               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS-LOCKPORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N409B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409B), registered now, S/N D-1414, built 1948 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lewis-Lockport

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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