- Date
- March 16, 1983, 22:00 local (Mar 17, 1983, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lajas, PR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N345ANCessna T210
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830316013019A
- Case key
- 30944
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
The acft crashed on landing on an off-airport field. 700 lbs of marijuana were found on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N345AN
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0262
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Julio Figueroa
- Departed
- Columbia
- Airport
- 06
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.