# NTSB SEA65A0025: Beechcraft 35, N3070V, Granite Fals, WA, September 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 16, 1964
- Place: Granite Fals, WA · GRANITE FALS, WA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1034  64/9/16  NR.GRANITE FALS WASH  BEECHCRAFT 35       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 112
        TIME - 1600                    N3070V              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT 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 - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                              UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE                           OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          *ERROR-INVALID CODE*                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/11/65.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3070V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3070V-2017-10-28), registration cancelled 2017-10-28, S/N D-484, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (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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