# NTSB CHI66F0140: Beechcraft C-35, N783D, Taylorville, IL, May 29, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 29, 1965
- Place: Taylorville, IL · TAYLORVILLE, IL
- Location: 39.5634° N, 89.3180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taylorville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5634&lon=-89.3180&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201565
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0140
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0140-201565

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2185  65/5/29    TAYLORVILLE ILL     BEECHCRAFT C-35     CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1300
        TIME - 1415                    N783D               PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLORVILLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N783D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N783D-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N D-3052, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-35
- Registry model: [Beech C35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (registry code 1151508) (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: Taylorville

## Other investigations on N783D (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 FTW66A0097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0097), Mar 9, 1966: Beech C35 (N783D), Brownsville (Gulf of Mexico), destroyed, 2 fatal

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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