# NTSB FTW69F0470: Beech 65, N9549Q, Houston, TX, March 21, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 21, 1969
- Place: Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 17, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69F0470
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0470

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0952  69/3/21    HOUSTON,TEX         BEECH 65            CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 13000
        TIME - 1243                    N9549Q              PX-  0  0  3  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 2007 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WM P HOBBY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- UNSAFE LDG GR INDICATION AT HUNTSVILLE,LDG GR RECEIVED EXTV DAMAGE DURING LDG AT W P HOBBY ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9549Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wm P Hobby

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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