# NTSB DEN70FQA27: Beech D18S, N445EA, Albuquerque, NM, June 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 27, 1970
- Place: Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70FQA27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70FQA27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2829  70/6/27    ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX   BEECH D18S          CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 7800
        TIME - 1746                    N445EA              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX           DENVER,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- SLIDE TUBE BENT BLO SLIDE ASSEMBLY,LWR END CRACKED. NO GR UP INDCN AFT TKOF,GR LOWERED MANUALLY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N445EA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445EA-2012-07-09), registration cancelled 2012-07-09, S/N A-316, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sunport

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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