# NTSB IAD70D0004: Beech 35, N3952C, Park Hall, MD, September 9, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 9, 1969
- Place: Park Hall, MD · PARK HALL, MD
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 29, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155605
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70D0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70D0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3849   69/9/9    PARK HALL,MD        BEECH 35            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1851                    N3952C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 29, 2012 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            24 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PARK HALL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BRIDGEPORT,CONN             PARK HALL,MD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM
        REMARKS- UP LOCK ROLLER FROZEN,PUSH-PULL ROD COLLAPSED.GENERAL AVIATION INSP AIDS,AC20-7F COVERS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3952C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3952C-1983-05-06), registration cancelled 1983-05-06, S/N D-877, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Park Hall

## Other investigations on N3952C (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW81FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA088), May 6, 1981: Beech 35 (N3952C), Muse, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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