# NTSB FTW65F0025: Beechcraft A-35, N8642A, Midland, TX, April 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 16, 1965
- Place: Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178447
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW65F0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW65F0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1182  65/4/16    MIDLAND TEX         BEECHCRAFT A-35     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1400
        TIME - 1445                    N8642A              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8642A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8642A), registered now, S/N D-2052, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT A-35
- Registry model: [Beech A35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (registry code 1151504) (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: Midland

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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