# NTSB MKC68F0408: Beech 95-B55, N9574Y, Hibbing, MN, December 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 30, 1967
- Place: Hibbing, MN · HIBBING, MN
- Location: 47.4272° N, 92.9377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hibbing, MN, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4272&lon=-92.9377&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112059
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68F0408
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0408

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4622  67/12/30   HIBBING,MINN        BEECH 95-B55        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 10844
        TIME - 1410                    N9574Y              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HIBBING-CHISHOLM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS IN COLLAPSED CONDITION.CAUSED GEAR RETRACT ROD TO FAIL WHEN GEAR RAISED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9574Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9574Y-1970-09-08), registration cancelled 1970-09-08, S/N TC-357 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-A55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (registry code 1152704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hibbing-Chisholm

## Other investigations on N9574Y (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 FTW70AF053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70AF053), Feb 24, 1970: Beech 95-55 (N9574Y), El Dorado, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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