- Date
- September 14, 1983, 19:45 local (Sep 15, 1983, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N206TBde Havilland B-206
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23870
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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
The acft collided or ditched in the water while attempting to evade customs officials. Custom officials had been watching this acft and followed it from Mexico. After a touch and go landing at compton the acft left the los angeles area at 200 ft MSL trying to maneuver away from the customs acft. The customs officials lost sight of the acft in a fog bank at 10 ft AGL two miles from shore at Davenport, CA. On 9/17 a camper reported 2 bags of marijuana washed ashore at Davenport. On 9/28 the plts body washed ashore at bean hollow pt, CA. In October 3 parts of the acft washed ashore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206TB
- Reported as
- de Havilland B-206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 045
- Engine
- Continental GIO-470A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lowell Ross Newby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Mexico
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm