# NTSB UNK64X2178: Beechcraft M23, N2395L, Basking Ridge, NJ, June 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 7, 1964
- Place: Basking Ridge, NJ · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
- Location: 40.7065° N, 74.5576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Basking Ridge, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7065&lon=-74.5576&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2178
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2178

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0411   64/6/7    BASKING RIDGE NJ    BEECHCRAFT M23      CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 17, 128
        TIME - 1550                    N2395L              PX-  0  2  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET HILLS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PERSONNEL-PASSG CONTROL INTERFERENCE OF UNK NATURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2395L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2395L-1971-01-11), registration cancelled 1971-01-11, S/N M240 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT M23
- Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Somerset Hills

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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