# NTSB FTW66D0243: Beechcraft G-18S, N7711S, Austin, TX, August 7, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 7, 1965
- Place: Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66D0243
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0243

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2345   65/8/7    AUSTIN TEX          BEECHCRAFT G-18S    CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1215                    N7711S              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      41, 8500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUBLE L
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7711S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7711S-2013-02-26), registration cancelled 2013-02-26, S/N BA-511, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT G-18S
- Registry model: [Beech G18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (registry code 1151010) (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: Double L

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