# NTSB UNK64X0579: Beechcraft D50C, N960T, Nogales, AZ, February 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 15, 1964
- Place: Nogales, AZ · NOGALES, AZ
- Location: 31.3619° N, 110.9348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nogales, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3619&lon=-110.9348&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0579
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0579

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0370  64/2/15    NOGALES ARIZ        BEECHCRAFT D50C     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1100                    N960T               PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  AGE 25, 4362 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            117 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N960T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960T-1989-10-24), registration cancelled 1989-10-24, S/N DH254 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT D50C
- Registry model: [Beech D50C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d50c) (registry code 1152520) (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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