# NTSB UNK64X0236: Beechcraft 35, N3730N, Las Velas, NV, January 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 12, 1964
- Place: Las Velas, NV · LAS VELAS, NV
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0236
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0236

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0115  64/1/12    LAS VELAS NEV       BEECHCRAFT 35       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1900                    N3730N              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 33, 10000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD ACTUATOR FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3730N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3730N-1964-08-04), registration cancelled 1964-08-04, S/N D939, built 1947 (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

## Other investigations on N3730N (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 UNK64X2177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2177), Jun 7, 1964: Beechcraft 35 (N3730N), Ludlow, CA, destroyed, 3 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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