- Date
- April 2, 1985, 06:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle Mountain, CA
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- XBDEDCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24687
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,main gear - undeterminedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
According to the riverside county California sheriff's department the acft touched down left gear first and experienced a blowout or gear failure on the right gear. The acft ran off the right side of the rwy, skidded across a dirt berm partially separating the right wing which was burned along with the right engine. The acft contained 451 pounds of 90%+ pure cocaine. The occupants were not located. The acft was registered in Mexico.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XBDED
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-J, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Eagle Mountain, runway 18, 2,000 × ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF, 145 nm away