# Accident 19841017057549A: Beech QU22A, Fancy Gap, VA, October 17, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1984, 18:00 local time
- Place: Fancy Gap, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6591° N, 80.7006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6591&lon=-80.7006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83475, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83475-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech QU-22A (registry code 1151606, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-qu-22a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH QU22A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841017057549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY, HIT TREES, GROUND. 800 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA ON AIRCRAFT. REGISTERED TO FICTITIOUS NAME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ATL85FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA011), Oct 17, 1984: Beech QU-22A 1074 (N83475), Fancy Gap, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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