# NTSB UNK64X1737: Beechcraft 35, N3833N, Athens, TN, May 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 12, 1964
- Place: Athens, TN · ATHENS, TN
- Location: 35.4568° N, 84.6046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Athens, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4568&lon=-84.6046&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1737
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1737

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1258  64/5/12    ATHENS TENN         BEECHCRAFT 35       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 2785
        TIME - 1145                    N3833N              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1300 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCMINN COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3833N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3833N-1992-04-16), registration cancelled 1992-04-16, S/N D1070 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mcminn County

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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