# NTSB UNK64X3878: Beechcraft D-18S, N800UA, Deer River, MN, September 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 8, 1964
- Place: Deer River, MN · DEER RIVER, MN
- Location: 47.3392° N, 93.7928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer River, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3392&lon=-93.7928&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 12, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182733
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3878
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3878

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0964   64/9/8    DEER RIVER MINN     BEECHCRAFT D-18S    CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0950                    N800UA              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            57, 10000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DEER RIVER MUN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-9/ 9/64.  RUNWAY BRAKING EFFECTIVNESS REDUCED BY WET AND SOFT RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N800UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT D-18S
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Deer River Mun

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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