# NTSB NYC66A0150: Beech D185, N1444E, Horseheads, NY, June 14, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1966
- Place: Horseheads, NY · HORSEHEADS, NY
- Location: 42.1686° N, 76.8297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Horseheads, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1686&lon=-76.8297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171254
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0150
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0150

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1360  66/6/14    HORSEHEADS NY       BEECH D185          CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3506
        TIME - 2052                    N1444E              PX-  0  0  5  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 418 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEMUNG COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1444E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1444E-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N A-244, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D185
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chemung County

## Other investigations on N1444E (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 CHI69A0078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0078), Mar 5, 1969: Beech D18S (N1444E), Battle Creek, MI, substantial damage

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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