# NTSB UNK64X2744: Beechcraft D18, N711K, Ambler, PA, July 10, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 10, 1964
- Place: Ambler, PA · AMBLER, PA
- Location: 40.1564° N, 75.2215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ambler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1564&lon=-75.2215&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 12, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2744
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2744

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2010  64/7/10    AMBLER PA           BEECHCRAFT D18      CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1555                    N711K               PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 30, 2986 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            314 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WINGS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N711K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711K-2013-10-24), registration cancelled 2013-10-24, S/N A-40, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT D18
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wings

## Other investigations on N711K (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 MIA72OM062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72OM062), Dec 21, 1971: Beech D18S (N711K), Kingston, Jamaica, substantial damage

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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