# NTSB UNK65X0999: Beechraft B50A, N1378Z, Atlanta, GA, December 13, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 13, 1964
- Place: Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0999
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0999

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3783  64/12/13   ATLANTA GA          BEECHRAFT B50A      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6300
        TIME - 1710                    N1378Z              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTA MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR RETRACT SCREW BRACKETS PART NO 50-320107
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1378Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT B50A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Atlanta Municipal

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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