# NTSB MIA68A0030: Beech D18S, N90553, Miami, FL, September 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 19, 1967
- Place: Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113376
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0030
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0030

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4610  67/9/19    MIAMI,FLA           BEECH D18S          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1325                    N90553              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            46, 5404 TOTAL HOURS, 440
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INT'L.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N90553 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Miami Int'L.

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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