# NTSB LAX87LA265: Beech D18S, N99CP, Riverside, CA, July 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1987, 19:15 local (Jul 11, 1987, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Location: 33.8998° N, 117.5057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8998&lon=-117.5057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA265
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25635/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA265

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - 2 engines
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
  - maintenance,annual inspection - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR SVRL YEARS & WAS ON A FLT TO FERRY IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION. WHILE CRUISING AT 7500', THE PLT DECIDED TO START USING AUX FUEL. SHORTLY AFTER MOVING THE FUEL SELECTORS TO THE AUX PSN, BOTH ENGS LOST POWER & WOULD NOT RESTART. THE PLT LANDED ON A ROAD, BUT THE WINGS STRUCK POSTS/MAILBOXES & THEN THE ACFT HIT A DIRT BANK. FUEL SAMPLES WERE TAKEN & A VISUAL EXAM REVEALED OBVIOUS CONTAMINATION & DISCOLORATION. THE ACFT HAD BEEN GIVEN AN ANNUAL INSPN JUST BEFORE THE FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N99CP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99CP-2012-11-26), registration cancelled 2012-11-26, S/N A-11, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A11
- Airframe hours: 5297
- Engines: P&W R-985-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arizona Air Power Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 10, 1987, 1 hours before
- Departed: LBG, LONG BEACH, CA
- Destination: BNG, BANNING, CA
- Airport: RAL, Riverside Muni

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 9,300 total, 158 in this make and model, 9,300 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RAL, 5 nm away

## 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 19870710034399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870710034399A), Jul 10, 1987: Beech D18S, Riverside, CA, Destroyed. Unable to restart engines after switching fuel tanks. Landed on road. Hit posts and berm. Found contaminated fuel.

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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