# NTSB OAK66D0080: Beechcraft A-35, N8631A, Kneeland, CA, July 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 14, 1965
- Place: Kneeland, CA · KNEELAND, CA
- Location: 40.7612° N, 123.9948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kneeland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7612&lon=-123.9948&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176684
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66D0080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66D0080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2526  65/7/14    KNEELAND CALIF      BEECHCRAFT A-35     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 715
        TIME - 0245                    N8631A              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 403 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KNEELAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
        REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION ON UNLIGHTED AIRPORT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8631A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8631A-1965-10-27), registration cancelled 1965-10-27, S/N D-2041 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT A-35
- Registry model: [Beech A35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (registry code 1151504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kneeland

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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