# NTSB UNK64X4014: Aero Cmdr 560A, N2761B, Torrance, CA, September 17, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 17, 1964
- Place: Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181166
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3836  64/9/17    TORRANCE CALIF      AERO CMDR 560A      CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1650                    N2761B              PX-  0  0  3  DUAL                      AGE 40, 13000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 600 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2761B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2761B-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 442 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO CMDR 560A
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-a) (registry code 0141404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Torrance

## Other investigations on N2761B (3)

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 MIA69A0059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0059), Mar 29, 1969: Aero Comdr 560-A (N2761B), Crossville, TN, destroyed, 5 fatal
- [NTSB CHI67D0664](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0664-201142), Mar 18, 1967: Aero Comdr 560A (N2761B), Kankakee, IL, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X0933](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0933), Mar 15, 1964: Aero Comman 560A (N2761B), Chino, CA, 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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