# NTSB LAX86FVM03: Beech 65-A80, N29DS, Cuyama, CA, March 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1986, 23:30 local (Mar 21, 1986, 07:30 UTC)
- Place: Cuyama, CA
- Location: 34.9311° N, 119.6149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cuyama, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9311&lon=-119.6149&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24983
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86FVM03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24983/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FVM03

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, unknown
  - object - animal(s)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29DS-1988-04-12), registration cancelled 1988-04-12, S/N LD212 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 65-A80
- Registry model: [Beech 65-A80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80) (registry code 1152808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LD-212
- Engines: LYCOMING IGSO-540-A1A 380 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Airtransport Inc.
- Destination: UKNOWN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860320007379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860320007379A), Mar 20, 1986: Beech 65A80, Cuyama, CA, Substantial damage. Struck 2 cows during attempted takeoff from remote range land at night. Both engines separated mounts. Drug related.

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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