# NTSB LAX70DVA08: Beech 56TC, N812BE, Bakersfield, CA, April 6, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1970
- Place: Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136630
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70DVA08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70DVA08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0991   70/4/6    BAKERSFIELD,CALIF   BEECH 56TC          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1700                    N812BE              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 47, 4020 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FRESNO,CALIF                BAKERSFIELD,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PAX,A PLT,INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N812BE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N812BE-1996-08-15), registration cancelled 1996-08-15, S/N UB50 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 56TC
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (registry code 1154161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meadows

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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