# NTSB NYC72IN105: Beech D18S, N3544B, Wrightstown, NJ, March 2, 1972

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 2, 1972
- Place: Wrightstown, NJ · WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ
- Location: 40.0256° N, 74.6319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrightstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0256&lon=-74.6319&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166788
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72IN105
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72IN105

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5-0017   72/3/2    WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ      BEECH D18S          CR-  0  0  4  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2020                    N3544B              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            AGE 30, 5500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGUIRE AFB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MORRISTOWN,NJ               YUMA,ARIZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
           MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- L GR HIT DEER DRG TKOF FRM DEPARTURE POINT.MIL CONTRACT CARGO FLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3544B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3544B-1982-08-07), registration cancelled 1982-08-07, S/N A-1010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Mcguire Afb

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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