- Date
- October 12, 1965
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3287VBeechcraft 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175769
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2969 65/10/12 CARLSBAD CALIF BEECHCRAFT 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1035 TIME - 0955 N3287V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POLOMAR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- MAGNETO SWITCH WORN RESULTING IN MAGNETO BEIN GROUNDED . PILOT WAS PULLING PROPELLER THROUGH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3287V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Polomar
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