# NTSB DEN69D0126: Beech 36, N7505N, Denver, CO, October 1, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 1, 1968
- Place: Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 19, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69D0126
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69D0126

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3663   68/10/1   DENVER,COLO         BEECH 36            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1310                    N7505N              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 53, 7000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2500 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        REMARKS- MAIN GEAR HELD, NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7505N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7505N), registered now, S/N E-36, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36
- Registry model: [Beech 36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (registry code 1151602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stapleton Int

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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