Beechcraft 95 N659T

24 August 1965 · Albuquerque N Mex, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 August 1965 at about 14:15 local time, a Beechcraft 95 registered N659T, operated by Westernair, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Albuquerque N Mex, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 August 1965 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Albuquerque N Mex, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Sunport
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 95
Registration: N659T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Westernair
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Demonstration
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2569

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

EARS ON NOSE GEAR RETRACTING VEE FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2569, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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