- Date
- May 24, 1984, 23:00 local (May 25, 1984, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Zapata, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N404CBeech 65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21347
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to law enforcement officers, the acft experienced double eng failure and made a forced landing in unimproved terrain. During the landing rollout the acft struck several trees. An intense post crash fire erupted destroying all but one wing tip of the wreckage. Repeated efforts to contact the plt and operator have been unsuccessful. It is assumed that there were no injuries and no passengers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N404C
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LF-7
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-480A1B6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sierra Verde Land Development
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None