# Accident 20101015052759A: Beech A36, Ensenada, October 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ensenada
- Airport: Ensenada Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5750° N, 116.6508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5750&lon=-116.6508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212DB-2010-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11RA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11RA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101015052759A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 15, 2010, AT 1400 LOCAL (2200 UTC), A BEECH A36, N212DB, OWNED AND PILOTED BY ROGER C. LYON, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES NEAR ENSENADA, MEXICO.  LYON WAS A INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ENSENADA, MEXICO, AND WAS ENROUTE TO SAN QUINTIN, MEXICO, IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  THE INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE MEXICAN DGAC AND ALTHOUGH ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED,  NEITHER THE NTSB NOR THE FAA WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS INCLUDED PER FORM 8020-23 INSTRUCTIONS:"THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS ACCIDENT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE MEXICAN DGAC. THE NTSB ASSIGNED AN ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE TO ASSIST THE INVESTIGATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ICAO ANNEX 13 AS THE STATE OF REGISTRY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION DESIGNATED ADVISORS TO THE ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE.THIS REPORT IS ISSUED FOR FACTUAL DATA COLLECTION AND RECORDING OF FINDINGS RELATIVE TO FAA CONTINUED OPERATIONAL SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES."

## 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 CEN11RA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11RA024), Oct 15, 2010: Beech A36 (N212DB), Ensenada, Mexico, destroyed, 4 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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