# NTSB LAX65A0075: Beech 35-33, N840R, Frazier Pk, CA, March 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1965
- Place: Frazier Pk, CA · FRAZIER PK, CA
- Location: 34.8142° N, 118.9550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frazier Park, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8142&lon=-118.9550&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179337
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX65A0075
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX65A0075

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1024  65/3/14  NR.FRAZIER PK CALIF   BEECH 35-33         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 80 TOTAL
        TIME - 1830                    N840R               PX-  1  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - SNOW
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          BLOWING SNOW                                              56
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          170                                                       7
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-03/16/65.PRVT. PILOT PASSENGER FLEW INTO IFR WEATHER WHILE STUDENT PILOT SLEPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N840R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840R-1965-04-29), registration cancelled 1965-04-29, S/N CD-85 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (registry code 1151402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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