# NTSB SEA65A0056: Beechcraft S35, N6825Q, Mill City, OR, April 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1965
- Place: Mill City, OR · MILL CITY, OR
- Location: 44.7520° N, 122.4770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mill City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7520&lon=-122.4770&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179318
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65A0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65A0056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0446  65/4/23  NR.MILL CITY OREG     BEECHCRAFT S35      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 92 TOTAL
        TIME - 1630                    N6825Q              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 06/03/65
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6825Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6825Q-1965-08-24), registration cancelled 1965-08-24, S/N D-7448 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT S35
- Registry model: [Beech S35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (registry code 1151532) (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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