- Date
- May 8, 1986, 19:30 local (May 9, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Edinberg, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N337DCessna 337D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860508016439A
- Case key
- 22026
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he lost both engines while in cruise flight. However, no evidence of engine malfunction was found during the investigation. The pilot is under investigation for illegal drug trafficking. A dea agent suspects the pilot had unloaded his cargo and was taking off from a dirt road, when he encountered a crosswind and lost directional control, colliding with a ditch alongside the road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N337D
- Reported as
- Cessna 337D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-1156
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C/D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alfonso Gonzalez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 25R · Edinburg
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
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 75 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE, 8 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.