# NTSB DIA69F0099: Beech 65-80, N51025, Friendship, MD, October 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1968
- Place: Friendship, MD · FRIENDSHIP, MD
- Location: 38.7358° N, 76.5878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friendship, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7358&lon=-76.5878&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 3, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69F0099
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69F0099

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3936   68/10/8   FRIENDSHIP,MD       BEECH 65-80         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1853                    N51025              PX-  0  0  1  FERRY                     AGE 36, 3156 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIENDSHIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR FOUND JAMMED DUE TO BINDING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N51025 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-80
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Friendship

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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