# NTSB UNK64X3874: Cessna 310, N3697D, Sacramento, CA, September 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 8, 1964
- Place: Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3874
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3874

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2827   64/9/8    SACRAMENTO CALIF    CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 470
        TIME - 1455                    N3697D              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCLELLEN AFB
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3697D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3697D-1966-01-18), registration cancelled 1966-01-18, S/N 35397 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mcclellen Afb

## Other investigations on N3697D (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 OAK66A0019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0019), Oct 14, 1965: Cessna 310 (N3697D), Burson, CA, destroyed, 5 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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