# NTSB UNK64X3772: Beechcraft B55, N8849M, Oskaloosa, IA, September 4, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 4, 1964
- Place: Oskaloosa, IA · OSKALOOSA, IA
- Location: 41.2922° N, 92.6409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oskaloosa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2922&lon=-92.6409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182036
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3772
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3772

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2762   64/9/4    OSKALOOSA IOWA      BEECHCRAFT B55      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1800
        TIME - 0020                    N8849M              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROTH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8849M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8849M-1965-02-08), registration cancelled 1965-02-08, S/N TC-597 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Roth

## Other investigations on N8849M (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 UNK65X1093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1093), Dec 22, 1964: Beechcraft 95-B55 (N8849M), Good Thunder, MN, destroyed, 3 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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