# N3242Q: 1984 Beech B36TC, registration cancelled 2004-08-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 26, 2004
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Beech B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (registry code 1151609)
- Engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A15), [TCDS E8CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E8CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: EA-405
- Year built: 1984
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, utility
- Airworthiness date: June 3, 1985
- Certificate issued: August 30, 1994
- Last registry action: April 20, 2004
- Mode S code: A37FD9
- Owner when cancelled: [Peninsula Transport Equipment Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PENINSULA%20TRANSPORT%20EQUIPMENT%20CORP)
- Location: [Woodside, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Woodside)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.4230° N, 122.2859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94062, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3242Q
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3242Q
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3242Q-2004-08-26

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Beech B36TC: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

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 LAX03FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA037), Nov 25, 2002: Beech B36TC (N3242Q), Union City, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude, which resulted in controlled flight into rising mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's loss of situational…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20021124034979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021124034979A), Nov 24, 2002: Beech B36TC (N3242Q), Unioncity, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The aircraft was on approach to the palo alto airport, about 12.4 nautical miles away, when it collided with rising terrain at approximately 1,600 feet…

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