- Date
- October 20, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- T/C, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N332BBeech D50A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851020052819A
- Case key
- 16875
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A person identifying himself as leon taylor, notified the FAA in albuquerque, n.m., that the twin-bonanza acft he was piloting, overran the improvised airstrip where he was attemptting to land & crashed. Mr taylor was never heard from again. The n.m. state police & U.S. Customs attempted to contact the plt at various addresses thruout the mid- & sw U.S., but were unable. Law enforcement officials stated the acft had touched down on the midway point of the airstrip & the flaps were retracted. The FAA has no record of Mr. Taylor on file.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N332B
- Reported as
- Beech D50A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DH-178
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G2D6, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leon Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Destination
- Denver, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 358° at 7 knots
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCS, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.