19831223063369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech H35 · Taos, NM · December 23, 1983

Date
December 23, 1983 · 12:53 local
Place
Taos, NM
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7933D
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW84FA103
Reported as
Beech H35
Reported engine
Continental O470G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into trees trying to avoid weather and restart engine after turning off fuel selector. Illegal drug involved.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO TREES TRYING TO AVOID WEATHER AND RESTART ENGINE AFTER TURNING OFF FUEL SELECTOR. ILLEGAL DRUG INVOLVED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.