# NTSB MIA67F0144: Beech S35, N6852Q, Vicksburg, MS, September 7, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1966
- Place: Vicksburg, MS · VICKSBURG, MS
- Location: 32.3526° N, 90.8779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vicksburg, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3526&lon=-90.8779&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67F0144
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67F0144

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2522   66/9/7    VICKSBURG MISS      BEECH S35           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 7800
        TIME - 1632                    N6852Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VICKSBURG MUNI.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR REAR RETRACT ROD LOCK NUTS NOT SECURED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6852Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6852Q-2014-11-13), registration cancelled 2014-11-13, S/N D-7596, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Registry model: [Beech S35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (registry code 1151532) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Vicksburg Muni.

## Other investigations on N6852Q (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 MIA89FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA100), Mar 9, 1989: Beech S35 (N6852Q), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE NAVIGATION RECEIVER, HIS DELAY IN MAKING A MISSED APCH, HIS LACK OF…

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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