# NTSB investigations: Continental E185 series, 1983

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB MIA84LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA046.md): Beech 35 · Lake City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1983 · N444D · Substantial damage
  > The plt landed with the nose gear partially extended. The plt reported that he heard a crack while the landing gear was retracting after takeoff. He put the gear handle back down and continued to Lake City. After flying several low passes, the control tower…
- [NTSB CHI84LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA023.md): Beech B35 · Northfield, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1983 · N8719A · Substantial damage
  > During takeoff, the acft collided with trees. According to the arpt manager, the acft was rotated prematurely during the takeoff & the plt flew the acft on the back side of the power curve until tree impact. Reportedly, there was no preimpact part failure or…
- [NTSB MIA83LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA241.md): Beech A35 · Orlando, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1983 · N8678A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot heard a loud bang when the gear was retracted. After many attempts to extend the gear, the pilot burned off fuel, had the rwy foamed & a gear up landing was made. During the last annual inspection the landing gear actuator was removed and the worm…
- [NTSB MKC83FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA214.md): Beech C35 · Grain Valley, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1983 · N5843C · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that when he was on final apch to land, the eng quit running & he was unable to glide to the rwy. Reportedly, the acft touched down in a vacant lot about 75 ft short & 15 ft below the level of the end of the rwy. After touching down, it…
- [NTSB LAX83IA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA342.md): Beech B-35 · Fullerton, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1983 · N5274C · Minor damage
  > The gear collapsed on the landing roll. Gear were found to be dry. Tge pilot had a gear flag but does not remember a green light.
- [NTSB DEN83LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA220.md): Beech D35 · St. Thomas, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 1983 · N3422B · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that after a flt to inspect farm fields he 'made an approach to the arpt and landed with the gear up.' He said he heard the gear warning as he crossed the threshold but interpeted it as a stall warning.
- [NTSB MIA83LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA163.md): Beech BE-35 · Miami Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 1983 · N3364V · Destroyed
  > The pilot stated that while cruising with another aircraft at an unknown altitude the oil pressure began to decrease. Shortly after this, the engine failed. The oil temp, cylinder temp, and exhaust gas temp remained in the normal range the engine stopped…
- [NTSB FTW83LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA169.md): Beech 35 · El Paso, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1983 · N3732N · Substantial damage
  > On a flt after an annual inspn, the plt could not retract the gear, using the normal electrical sys. It remained extended with the green safe light on & the gear pointer indicating down. He tried to assist the normal sys with the manual handcrank, although…
- [NTSB LAX83FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA141.md): Ryan Navion A · Fiddletown, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1983 · N444N · Destroyed
  > The acft crashed into hilly terrain while descending to enter the traffic pattern at the rancho murieta airport. The pilot had called sacramento fss to get assistance in locating this arpt which is about 11 NM from sacramento VOR on a bearing of about 65…
- [NTSB FTW83LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA080.md): Beech B35 · Canadian, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 7, 1983 · N8849A · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a tree during rollout after a forced landing following engine power loss on final approach. The pilot said he was one and a half miles out on final at 200 ft AGL when the engine quit. He was operating on the right main fuel tank. He…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17014'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17014&year=1983

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