# Accident 19870710034399A: Beech D18S, Riverside, CA, July 10, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1987, 19:15 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8998° N, 117.5057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8998&lon=-117.5057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99CP-2012-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,299 total, 158 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870710034399A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINES AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS. LANDED ON ROAD. HIT POSTS AND BERM. FOUND CONTAMINATED FUEL.

## 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 LAX87LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA265), Jul 11, 1987: Beech D18S (N99CP), Riverside, CA, substantial damage

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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