# NTSB UNK64X3257: Beechcraft E35, N3218C, Pauma Valley, CA, August 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 7, 1964
- Place: Pauma Valley, CA · PAUMA VALLEY, CA
- Location: 33.3034° N, 116.9814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pauma Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3034&lon=-116.9814&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 21, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182342
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3257
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3257

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2377   64/8/7    PAUMA VALLEY CAL    BEECHCRAFT E35      CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1500
        TIME - 1515                    N3218C              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -                 Z
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3218C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3218C-2017-07-28), registration cancelled 2017-07-28, S/N D-3882, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT E35
- Registry model: [Beech E35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (registry code 1151512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:                 Z

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