# NTSB CHI66F0581: Beechcraft 23, N2324Z, Wabash, IN, February 13, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 13, 1966
- Place: Wabash, IN · WABASH, IN
- Location: 40.8028° N, 85.8292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wabash, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8028&lon=-85.8292&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 23, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173791
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0581
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0581

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0217  66/2/13    WABASH IND          BEECHCRAFT 23       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 157
        TIME - 1230                    N2324Z              PX-  0  0  3  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WABASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL
        REMARKS- RIGHT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS EXHAUSTED RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2324Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2324Z-2011-08-16), registration cancelled 2011-08-16, S/N M-23, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 23
- Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wabash

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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