# NTSB UNK64X2591: Beechcraft A35, N899A, Merced, CA, July 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 1, 1964
- Place: Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2591
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2591

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1894   64/7/1    MERCED CALIF        BEECHCRAFT A35      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1929
        TIME - 1655                    N899A               PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1606 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N899A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N899A-1971-03-19), registration cancelled 1971-03-19, S/N D-2109 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT A35
- Registry model: [Beech A35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (registry code 1151504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mercer

## Other investigations on N899A (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK71AP013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71AP013), Aug 31, 1970: Beech A35 (N899A), Georgetown, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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