# NTSB MIA68F0162: Beech 35, N478B, Jacksonville, FL, August 16, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 16, 1967
- Place: Jacksonville, FL · JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 20, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114694
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68F0162
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0162

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2937  67/8/16    JACKSONVILLE,FLA    BEECH 35            CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1100                    N478B               PX-  0  0  1  DUAL                      AGE 50, 8000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAIG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- HEIM ROD END,NOSE GEAR RETRACT LINK ROD FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N478B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Craig

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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