# NTSB MKC69I0022: Beech 18S, N313A, St Louis, MO, October 10, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1968
- Place: St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 10 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107141
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69I0022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69I0022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0014  68/10/10   ST LOUIS,MO         BEECH 18S           CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4300
        TIME - 1424                    N313A               PX-  0  0  8  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N313A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313A-1974-04-11), registration cancelled 1974-04-11, S/N A-257, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Lambert

## Other investigations on N313A (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 IAD74AI043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI043), Feb 14, 1974: Beech D18S (N313A), Tullahoma, TN, destroyed

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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