# NTSB investigations: Continental E185 series, 1985

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 LAX86FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA037.md): Beech 35 · Avenal, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1985 · N50CN · Destroyed
  > The plt received a weather briefing (twice) and was advised each time that VFR flt along his route was not recommended. A witness observed the acft flying at a low alt below a cloud layer, when it made an abrupt left descending turn and crashed in a field.…
- [NTSB MIA86LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA006.md): North American Navion · Tallahassee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1985 · N4007K · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that while doing touch-and-go landings at quincy, FL, the left main strut fell off the acft. He then returned to Tallahassee and made an intentional gear-up landing. Examination of the main landing gear scissor ass'y revealed that it failed due…
- [NTSB NYC85LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA252.md): Beech C35 · Wexford, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1985 · N1886D · Destroyed
  > Aircraft was landing on private grass strip and during landing roll struck a deer with the right wing tip. The grass was wet and the pilot lost directional control. The aircraft impacted trees that bordered the airstrip and was destroyed.
- [NTSB FTW85LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA349.md): Ryan Navion · Midland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 1985 · N91460 · Substantial damage
  > The plt experienced eng failure during climbout from sky ranch arpt at Midland, TX. He then turned into the wind and made a forced landing in a pasture. Subsequent investigation revealed a connecting rod had broken, however, the cause of the rod failure was…
- [NTSB MKC85FCQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCQ04.md): Ryan Navion · Blue Rapids, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 4, 1985 · N4482K · Substantial damage
  > The acft eng lost power after a 30 minute flt and a forced landing resulted in an off.-arpt acc. Witnesses at the acc site did not find any fuel in the tanks or evidence of spillage of fuel. An inspection of the eng did not reveal any discrepancies. A…
- [NTSB LAX85FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA283.md): Beech 35 · Cameron Park, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 17, 1985 · N3790N · Destroyed
  > It could not be determined which of the two private plts on board the acft was serving as PIC & at the controls of the acft. The density alt was computed to be 4100 ft. there was very little wind & the max allowable gross weight was exceeded by aprx 123…
- [NTSB MKC85LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA097.md): Beech 35 · Ames, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 1985 · N3068V · Substantial damage
  > The plt reports that the acft had slowed to taxi speed after landing when the gear warning horn began to blow followed shortly by collapse of the landing gear. Examination of the landing gear electrical circuitry failed to reveal any deficiencies.
- [NTSB MIA85FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA159.md): Beech C35 · Tampa, FL · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1985 · N1967D · Destroyed
  > Witnesses observed the acft takeoff on rwy 36 in foggy conditions. They reported that during the initial climb after lift-off, the acft pitched up & rolled into a steep left bank, then entered a descent & crashed on an aprx heading of 060 deg. Impact occurred…
- [NTSB NYC85LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA101.md): Beech B-35 · East Haddam, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 1985 · N3082V · Substantial damage
  > The acft stalled and contacted sandy terrain aprx 50 ft from the rwy threshold. The plt reported the cabin door opened during takeoff and he circled the traffic pattern to land and close the door. He stated an airspeed of 100 KTS was observed on a 1 mile…

## 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") = 1985
  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=1985

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