# NTSB CHI66D0561: Beechcraft D50, N4324D, Wooster, OH, January 30, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 30, 1966
- Place: Wooster, OH · WOOSTER, OH
- Location: 40.8191° N, 81.9316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wooster, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8191&lon=-81.9316&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173749
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0561
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0561

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0176  66/1/30    WOOSTER OHIO        BEECHCRAFT D50      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1820                    N4324D              PX-  0  0  3  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 50, 9373 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WOOSTER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
        REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4324D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT D50
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wooster

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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