# NTSB NYC72FNE26: Beech 100, N101UA, E.Hartford, CT, February 23, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 23, 1972
- Place: E.Hartford, CT · E.HARTFORD, CT
- Location: 41.7607° N, 72.6076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Hartford, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7607&lon=-72.6076&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 27, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72FNE26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FNE26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1305  72/2/23    E.HARTFORD,CONN     BEECH 100           CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 11938
        TIME - 1139                    N101UA              PX-  0  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 358 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RENTSCHLER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          E.HARTFORD,CONN             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
           COPILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N101UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rentschler

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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