- Date
- March 20, 1986, 23:30 local (Mar 21, 1986, 07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cuyama, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N29DSBeech 65-A80
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860320007379A
- Case key
- 24983
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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 contacted two cows while operating along the side of a road in a remote area. Vehicle tracks were found near the wreckage, however, no persons were found at or near the wreckage. Trained drug sniffing dogs were used at the accident site and it is believed a substantial amount of drugs were onboard the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29DS
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LD-212
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-A1A, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Airtransport Inc.
- Destination
- Uknown
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.