# NTSB CHI71FGG18: Beech G35, N187B, Bluffton, OH, October 18, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 18, 1970
- Place: Bluffton, OH · BLUFFTON, OH
- Location: 40.8922° N, 83.8874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bluffton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8922&lon=-83.8874&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71FGG18
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FGG18

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4031  70/10/18   BLUFFTON,OHIO       BEECH G35           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1415
        TIME - 1630                    N187B               PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 262 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUFFTON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BLUFFTON,OHIO               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N187B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N187B-2017-07-20), registration cancelled 2017-07-20, S/N D-4498, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Registry model: [Beech G35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (registry code 1151516) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bluffton

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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