# NTSB MIA65D0013: Beechraft F35, N3365C, Ponce, PR, December 30, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 30, 1964
- Place: Ponce, PR · PONCE, PR
- Location: 17.9997° N, 66.6237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponce, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.9997&lon=-66.6237&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65D0013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65D0013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3928  64/12/30   PONCE PR            BEECHRAFT F35       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 573
        TIME - 1230                    N3365C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCEDITA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3365C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3365C-1965-10-22), registration cancelled 1965-10-22, S/N D4032 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT F35
- Registry model: [Beech F35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (registry code 1151514) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mercedita

## Other investigations on N3365C (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 CHI66A0014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0014), Aug 7, 1965: Beechcraft B35 (N3365C), Peotone, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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