# NTSB UNK64X0916: Beechcraft 23, N8709M, Piney Point, MD, March 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1964
- Place: Piney Point, MD · PINEY POINT, MD
- Location: 38.1481° N, 76.5223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Piney Point, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1481&lon=-76.5223&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0916
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0916

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0644  64/3/14    PINEY POINT MD      BEECHCRAFT 23       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1925
        TIME - 1100                    N8709M              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PINEY POINT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8709M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8709M-1971-07-09), registration cancelled 1971-07-09, S/N M-493 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 23
- Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Piney Point

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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