# NTSB UNK64X0261: Beechcraft D18S, N224A, Albuquerque, NM, January 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1964
- Place: Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185523
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0261
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0261

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0129  64/1/16    ALBUQUERQUE N MEX   BEECHCRAFT D18S     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1600
        TIME - 1200                    N224A               PX-  0  0  6  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N224A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224A-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N A-578, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT D18S
- 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

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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