# NTSB MKC66D0233: Beechcraft C-35, N651X, So St Paul, MN, August 21, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1965
- Place: So St Paul, MN · SO ST PAUL, MN
- Location: 44.8880° N, 93.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8880&lon=-93.0405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175272
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66D0233
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66D0233

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3192  65/8/21    SO ST PAUL MINN     BEECHCRAFT C-35     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1000                    N651X               PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  AGE 23, 800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            20 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLEMING
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N651X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N651X-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N D-3212, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-35
- Registry model: [Beech C35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (registry code 1151508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Fleming

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