# NTSB UNK64X1062: Beechcraft B35, N8875A, Napa, CA, March 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 27, 1964
- Place: Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Location: 38.2971° N, 122.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2971&lon=-122.3010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 8, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184526
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0724  64/3/27    NAPA CALIF          BEECHCRAFT B35      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 360
        TIME - 1205                    N8875A              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPA COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8875A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8875A-2013-11-08), registration cancelled 2013-11-08, S/N D-2530, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT B35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Napa County

## Other investigations on N8875A (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 LAX88FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA331), May 11, 1988: Beech B-35 (N8875A), Ocotillo, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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