# NTSB LAX66D0130: Beechcraft 35, N3287V, Carlsbad, CA, October 12, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1965
- Place: Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 23, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175769
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66D0130
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0130

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2969  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3287V-1971-01-25), registration cancelled 1971-01-25, S/N D-738 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Polomar

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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