# NTSB UNK65X1014: Beechraft F35, N4251B, Frankfort, IN, December 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 14, 1964
- Place: Frankfort, IN · FRANKFORT, IN
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3867  64/12/14   FRANKFORT IND       BEECHRAFT F35       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 155
        TIME - 1715                    N4251B              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLINTON COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          LDR GR-MALFUNCTION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4251B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4251B), registered now, S/N D-4227, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT F35
- Registry model: [Beech F35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (registry code 1151514) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Clinton County

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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