# NTSB LAX85LA191: Cessna 414, Eagle Mountain, CA, April 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1985, 06:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Eagle Mountain, CA
- Coordinates: 33.709621, -116.230537 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7096&lon=-116.2305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24687
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24687/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA191

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - undetermined (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- 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

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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