# NTSB UNK64X1840: Beechcraft 33, N318Z, Columbia, CA, May 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1964
- Place: Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Location: 38.0312° N, 120.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0312&lon=-120.4134&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 23, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184004
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1840
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1840

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1334  64/5/19    COLUMBIA CALIF      BEECHCRAFT 33       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 263
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N318Z               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N318Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318Z-2020-10-31), registration cancelled 2020-10-31, S/N CD-215 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (registry code 1151402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Columbia

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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