# NTSB MKC69D0425: Beech C50, N515Q, Mankato, MN, April 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 7, 1969
- Place: Mankato, MN · MANKATO, MN
- Location: 44.1711° N, 93.9756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mankato, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1711&lon=-93.9756&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69D0425
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0425

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1210   69/4/7    MANKATO,MINN        BEECH C50           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 840
        TIME - 1430                    N515Q               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MANKATO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N515Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N515Q-2013-04-02), registration cancelled 2013-04-02, S/N CH-337, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C50
- Registry model: [Beech C-50](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-50) (registry code 1152510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (registry code 41527, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mankato

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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