# NTSB NYC66F0190: Beechcraft C-45H, N160L, Nantucket, MA, August 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1965
- Place: Nantucket, MA · NANTUCKET, MA
- Location: 41.2714° N, 70.0959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nantucket, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2714&lon=-70.0959&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 23, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176574
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66F0190
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0190

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2290   65/8/8    NANTUCKET MASS      BEECHCRAFT C-45H    CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4000
        TIME - 1645                    N160L               PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NANTUCKET
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N160L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160L-2013-06-14), registration cancelled 2013-06-14, S/N AF-369, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-45H
- Registry model: [Beech C-45H](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (registry code 1151018) (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: Nantucket

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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