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NTSB investigations, 1985, AZ

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.

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NTSB LAX86FA077Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna T210N · Hyder, AZWitnesses observed the acft depart the ranch airstrip, level off at about 200 ft AGL & make a turn back over the ranch house. The acft occupants were seen to wave to the people on the ground as the acft began an abrupt climbing turn. The witnesses then saw…Dec 29, 1985 · N4592Y · DestroyedNTSB LAX86LA076Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20F · San Manuel, AZDuring cruise at 10,500 ft MSL on a night x-country flt, the plt said the eng ran rough with moderate vibration levels. Plt declared an emergency with abq ARTCC, who vectored the acft to an unlighted airstrip. The plt said he had difficultyin seeing the rwy…Dec 28, 1985 · N234GA · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA075Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34T-22OT · Tucson, AZDuring a trans border VFR x-country flt, the plt noticed 'oil spirting from the left engine' with smoke, & he shut it down. An emergency was declared by the Tucson ATCT, who cleared the acft to land straight in on rwy 29L. Tower personnel observed the acft…Dec 26, 1985 · XBDRL · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA072Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Tucson, AZAfter about a 45 min wait as the number one acft for departure, the controller informed the plt that he could expect an additional 3 min wait because of wake turbulence from a (large) EC-130 acft which was approaching for a touch & go landing. The plt elected…Dec 19, 1985 · N10882 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA067Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Glendale, AZAfter completing a LCL flight the plt returned to his home base arpt & proceeded to land on the 2400 ft long rwy. The plt reported that he was unable to stop at its end and collided with barricades and a fence. A witness reported that the acft skidded on the…Dec 14, 1985 · N3885F · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA058Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210D · Flagstaff, AZThe plt noticed a weakness of the acft's left brake during taxi for takeoff but elected to make the flt. Control tower personnel at the destination arpt stated the acft landed long and attempted to turn onto the right highspeed taxiway. The plt stated that…Dec 7, 1985 · N3762Y · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA056Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P210R · Scottsdale, AZWhile descending from 9,500 to 5,000 ft MSL, the plt reported that the eng suddenly lost all power. The plt stated that he was unable to restart the eng & made an emergency landing at a nearby arpt. The plt, who had entered the downwind leg for the 8,251 foot…Dec 5, 1985 · N5298A · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA054Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Deer Valley, AZShortly after begining descent from 7,500 ft. m.s.l. the acft experienced a total loss of power. Prior to descent the plt richened the mixture and applied carb heat. The pilot radioed his position & situation to Deer Valley tower, Deer Valley, Arizona while…Dec 5, 1985 · N3334A · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86FUJ02Accident · 2 fatalFinal reportCessna 182G · Gila Bend, AZOn December 4, 1985, at 1928 MST, a Cessna 182, N3205S, collided with a power utility pole near paloma, AZ. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the two people on board the…Dec 5, 1985 · N3205S · DestroyedNTSB LAX86LA045Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172A · Sunizona, AZWhile performing 'low level surveillance for deer' a pax pointed outside the acft to a familiar camp site. The plt stated this action distracted him & thereafter he flew up a narrow canyon. Unable to reverse course because of rising terrain, the plt stated he…Nov 23, 1985 · N7130Q · DestroyedNTSB LAX86LA041Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177A · Springerville, AZThe plt stated that the eng oil pressure dropped to zero while the acft was in cruise flight. He selected an open field in which to make a precautionary landing. He said that as he approached the field the acft entered a downdraft. He stated he had reduced…Nov 16, 1985 · N30351 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86FA039Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Cottonwood, AZWitnesses saw the plt depart with frost covering the acft & without either a runup or warmup. The witnesses reported that the plt 'scraped the frost from a small square directly in front of him on the windshield' just prior to takeoff. Temp & dew point were…Nov 14, 1985 · N7036S · DestroyedNTSB LAX86LA034Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerotek Pitts S-2A · Chandler, AZDuring a dual instructional flight the CFI stated that he was looking for traffic while monitoring his student's performance. The CFI failed to observe that an acft was ahead of him in the traffic pattern. That acft was at a lower altitude & was on short…Nov 6, 1985 · N42XX · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA029Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer G-164B · Gila Bend, AZAfter spraying a field and while enroute to the landing site, the acft engine backfired followed by a rapid loss of power. The plt negotiated an emergency landing on a private dirt road. During the landing roll-out, the aircraft left wing struck a tree…Oct 28, 1985 · N8487K · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA026Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5A · Flagstaff, AZThe plt reported that while sight-seeing in the vicinity of the grand canyon, he became disoriented and lost. The fuel in the left tank was exhausted and the right fuel tank contained minimum fuel. The pilot negotiated a precautionary landing on the hard…Oct 25, 1985 · N26714 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA023Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J3 · Green Valley, AZOn oct 24, 1985, a Piper J3 cub,N33461, made an emergency landing in rough, open terrain near Green Valley, AZ. After experiencing a loss of engine power the ac sustained substantial damage and the pvt plt was not injured. The investigation revealed that the…Oct 24, 1985 · N33461 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86FUM01Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportBell 47 G-5 · Yuma, AZThe pilot was hovering after a night takeoff and collided with an electrical power line.Oct 22, 1985 · N7907S · DestroyedNTSB LAX86LA017Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Chino Valley, AZWhen the flt departed prescott for the local flt, the plt said the rwys switched several times between 11 & 03 due to the winds. The official prescott surfact observation reported the winds from 110 degrees at 8 KTS with gusts to 17 KTS. After departing…Oct 15, 1985 · N9660W · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86FA007Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-151 · Payson, AZThe passenger had a 10:00 medical appointment at the destination arot on the day of the accident. The non-instrument rated, recently certificated pvt plt, requested and received a weather briefing for a proposed VFR flt at 7500 ft MSL from mesa to holbrook,…Oct 8, 1985 · N44207 · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA405Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J3 C-65 · Grand Canyon, AZAfter departing pierce ferry, AZ the plt and his passenger flew east, up the Colorado river, at a low level towards kanab point. The plt's notes and charts show that the flt was to turn north for aprx 40 NM, with a refueling stop at kanab, UT. The bright…Sep 17, 1985 · N6566H · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA386Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPeterson J-4 · Tucson, AZThe student pilot stated that he observed a tow airplane and a glider on the runway as he turned onto the final aproach to land. He said that he continued his approach and when the tow aircraft and glider failed to take off he attempted to turn off the…Sep 8, 1985 · N29899 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85FA385Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportJonas Humming Bird · Tucson, AZThe experimental homebuilt acft was designed by the plt and incorporated a lifting body symetrical airfoil shaped fuselage. Pitch control was to be accomplished with a narrow chord canard. Witnesses saw the acft lift off briefly to about 10 ft AGL during the…Sep 8, 1985 · N14GJ · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA387Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 170B · Buckeye, AZThe plt attempted to depart on soft silt & sand. During the takeoff roll the acft wheels sank into the soft terrain necessatating differential braking to maintain directional control. As the acft approached a ditch the plt forced the acft airborne. The acft…Sep 5, 1985 · N1659D · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA379Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Glendale, AZThe stop at the airport was a planned fuel stop on a flt from conroe, TX to bullhead city, AZ. The flt departed controe,TX about 12 hours prior to the accident. Witnesses saw the acft make two 'high & very erratic' aborted approaches prior to impacting in the…Sep 3, 1985 · N9950B · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA374Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT301 · Williams Afb, AZAfter making his first swath run,during the hours of darkness,the pilot became disorented and flew into an area with tall electrical transmission lines. He descended into trees beneath the lines in his attempt to miss them.Aug 27, 1985 · N3168U · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA361Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164A · Buckeye, AZThe plt had just completed a spray run and was executing a procedure turn when the engine's no. 8 cylinder connecting rod failed. Engine oil covered the windshield. The plt attempted to land on the departure airstrip but he could not align the acft with the…Aug 22, 1985 · N5297 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA360Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer G-164B · Tolleson, AZAccording to the pilot,the engine lost partial power while in cruise flt. He selected a cotton field in which to make a precautionary lng. The aircraft over shot the intended landing area and impacted a utility pole. The collision ruptured the fuel system and…Aug 21, 1985 · N6749K · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA354Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182Q · Safford, AZThe aircraft experienced a partial engine power loss after departing Safford municipal airport on a VFR personal flt to sky harbor arpt, phoenix, AZ. The plt negotiated an emerg lndg in a flt brush area. Prior to touchdown the acft struck a mesquite tree and…Aug 18, 1985 · N735TQ · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA357Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Glendale, AZThe acft ran off the rwy and into a ditch after a landing at Glendale, AZ. The rwy is 2400 ft long and 50 ft wide. The plt stated he landed about 40% down the rwy, bounced three times, steered off the rwy and hit a shallow ditch. The plt reported no…Aug 15, 1985 · N65748 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA348Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A188B · Willcox, AZOn August 15, 1985, a Cessna 180 lost eng pwr due to fuel exhaustion and collided with the ground during an aerial applicaion maneuver. The acft sustained substantial damage but the pilot was not injured. The plt stated that he should have checked the fuel…Aug 15, 1985 · N4974Q · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA345Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerospatiale SF3130 · Buckeye, AZDuring a hover in a confined area the plt misinterpeted his passg signal to move to a diferent location as a signal that the tail rotor was in danger. The plt used abrupt control movements that resulted in the toe of a skid hooking into a wire fence. The…Aug 12, 1985 · N537 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA340Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth American T-6G · Tucson, AZThe tailwheel equipped acft nosed over after the plt lost iirecitional control during lndg. There were no reports of mechanical difficulties or weather facotrs to be considered in the area of cause. The plts flt experience is unknown since repeated attempts…Aug 4, 1985 · N45CT · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA332Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGulfstream-Schweizer Gulfstream AM G-164B · Poston, AZThe plt reported weather conditions during the night aerial application flt were 'clear and winds of 15 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. After three unsuccessful attempts to line up for the spray run, the plt said he allowed the acft to 'get too low and slow' while…Jul 29, 1985 · N8133K · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA330Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHuff Sonerai IIL · Prescott, AZThe plt reptd that during the takeoff off roll, he applied back pressure to the control stick when the acft reached 60 knots. The aircraft began an immediate climb at a steep angle, stalled and crashed on to the rwy. This was the initial flight for this…Jul 26, 1985 · N4422P · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LUJ01Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportAerotek Pitts S-1 · Page, AZThe acft contacted the ground during an attempted go-around. The plt had tried to perform a x-wind landing.Jul 21, 1985 · N1LM · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA326Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 95-B55 · Grand Canyon, AZThe preparing for an air taxi, sightseeing flight, the PIC performed a preflight inspection of the acft & failed to observe that the rt main fuel tank was nearly empty. Five(5) min after takeoff the rt eng's main tank fuel supply was exhausted & the eng lost…Jul 20, 1985 · N7474N · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85FA315Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBell 206-B · Page, AZOn July 12, 1984, a Bell 206B helicopter collided with a steel bridge 10 miles so of Page, AZ. The helicopter was being filmed in flt during the making of a movie. VMC existed at the time. The helicopter was destroyed and the plt and pax, an italian actor,…Jul 12, 1985 · N38942 · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA313Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182 · Sawmill, AZDuring the plt's preflight inspection of his acft, he removed the fuel caps to examine the quantity of fuel in the acft's tanks. Thereafter, he failed to securely refasten the caps. At 0700 MST the plt & his 2 pax departed for a planned flt from AZ to co. 56…Jul 11, 1985 · N5706B · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85FA311Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Marana, AZThe passenger had just purchased property at the accident site and intended to take aerial video tape footage of the property. Witnesses saw the plt and passenger board the acft with video camera and recorder. After departue, the acft flew directly to the…Jul 8, 1985 · N5204P · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA299Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 206B3 · Grand Canyon, AZDuring a movie filming flight, the helicopter was acting as the camera platform and filming a fixed wing aircraft during a straight in appraoch to the airport, the plt of the helicopter requested a right 180 degree turn at mid field to land at the north…Jun 28, 1985 · N2766Y · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA296Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-236 · Ajo, AZWhile attempting to start the engine for a planned air taxi flight under conditions including an outside air temp of 118 degs f, a fire erupted in the engine compartment. The occupants safety evacuated the acft & had to walk 1/4 of a mile to obtain…Jun 27, 1985 · N8253C · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA288Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStarduster II · Glendale, AZThe plt crossed the arpt at midfield and made a left turn for a close in downwind. Witnesses estimated that he made a 180 deg descending turn to final. While on final the plt observed another acft which was already on final slightly aheadand slightly below…Jun 23, 1985 · N17RM · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA292Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Glendale, AZWhen the plt realized he was low during final apch to a landing, he erroneously decided not to use full flaps instead of adding power, vref was high and the landing was 3/4 of the way down the 2400 ft rwy. Believing he had sufficient room to takeoff again,…Jun 22, 1985 · N52789 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA268Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Oracle, AZDuring a LCL pleasure flt the plt stated that the acft's eng began running rough so he made a precationary ldg on a dirt road which was at an elevation of 4,000 ft MSL. After inspecting the acft & finding it to be in proper working order the plt decided to…Jun 9, 1985 · N8489U · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA263Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna TR 182 · Mesa, AZDuring initial climb on a dual instructional flight a fire erupted behind the instrument panel & the acft was returned for landing. During roll out 6 inch long flames, smoke & noxious fumes filled the cockpit. When the acft slowed to 10 mph the plts exited…May 29, 1985 · N737YN · DestroyedNTSB LAX85FA262Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna TU-206E · San Manuel, AZThis plt was attempting to air drop illegal drugs to someone on the ground. While executing an intentional low pass, at dusk, theacft inadvertently collided with a cactus tree & crashed.May 29, 1985 · N1475M · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA261Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Glendale, AZThe plt attempted to takeoff fm a 2400-FT-long rwy, he reported that because the acft's airspeed indicator did not appear to properly represent the airspeed, he aborted the takeoff. This occurred after accelerating down the rwy for an estimated 1800 ft. the…May 27, 1985 · N7229N · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA258Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-160 · Phoenix, AZThe plt had just purchased the acft & this was the first time he had taxied it from the left seat. This plt taxied from the parking ramp up a slight grade an across a taxiway. He reported that when he 'looked up', he observed that the acft was heading toward…May 17, 1985 · N5O17W · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA257Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T303 · Mesa, AZPlt took off from scottsdale at 1934 MST for a 13 NM flt to reposition the acft to home base. Within minutes the plt advised ATC that he was 6 mi out with minimum fuel and requested no delay. He then asked for clearance to rwy 22R and was cleared to land on…May 14, 1985 · N4661V · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA249Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiller 12-C · Casa Grande, AZThe plt was demonstrating autorotations to a touchdown on a dirt rwy into a 5 kt headwind. On the final landing he said that the touchdown felt the same as others he had done. Speed at touchdown was 15 mph and the helicopter slid forward in a straight line…May 9, 1985 · N38767 · Substantial damage