# NTSB UNK64X2594: Beechcraft G35, N4214D, Palestine, TX, July 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 1, 1964
- Place: Palestine, TX · PALESTINE, TX
- Location: 31.7545° N, 95.6470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palestine, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7545&lon=-95.6470&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2594
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2594

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1897   64/7/1    PALESTINE TEX       BEECHCRAFT G35      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3400
        TIME - 1830                    N4214D              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PALESTINE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4214D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4214D-2017-07-13), registration cancelled 2017-07-13, S/N D-4420, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT G35
- Registry model: [Beech G35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (registry code 1151516) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Palestine

## Other investigations on N4214D (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 MIA04FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA023), Nov 21, 2003: Beech G35 (N4214D), Okolona, MS, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional low altitude maneuver and buzzing resulting in collision with trees, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain. A factor in the accident was the pilot's…

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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