# NTSB LAX83LA467: de Havilland B-206, N206TB, Davenport, CA, September 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 14, 1983, 19:45 local (Sep 15, 1983, 02:45 UTC)
- Place: Davenport, CA
- Coordinates: 37.089759, -122.240501 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0898&lon=-122.2405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23870
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA467
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23870/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA467

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206TB-2014-09-10), registration cancelled 2014-09-10, S/N 045, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: de Havilland B-206
- Registry model: [Beagle B.206 SERIES 1](https://openairdocs.org/model/beagle-b-206-series-1) (registry code 1121223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GIO-470SERIES](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gio-470series) (registry code 17034, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 045
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GIO-470A 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lowell Ross Newby
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MEXICO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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