# NTSB CHI71FEK37: Beech B35, N8776A, Circleville, OH, May 9, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 9, 1971
- Place: Circleville, OH · CIRCLEVILLE, OH
- Location: 39.6012° N, 82.9325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Circleville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6012&lon=-82.9325&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161569
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71FEK37
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FEK37

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1615   71/5/9    CIRCLEVILLE,OHIO    BEECH B35           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 170
        TIME - 0925                    N8776A              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARKS DREAMSTRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CIRCLEVILLE,OHIO            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8776A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8776A-2014-11-20), registration cancelled 2014-11-20, S/N D-2204, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (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: Clarks Dreamstrip

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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