De Havilland B-206 N206TB

Summary

On 15 September 1983 at about 02:45 local time, a De Havilland B-206 registered N206TB was involved in an accident near Davenport, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 September 1983 at 02:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Davenport, California, United States

Coordinates

37.0898, -122.2405

Aircraft

De Havilland B-206

Registration

N206TB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mexico → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA467

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED OR DITCHED IN THE WATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EVADE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS. CUSTOM OFFICIALS HAD BEEN WATCHING THIS ACFT AND FOLLOWED IT FROM MEXICO. AFTER A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT COMPTON THE ACFT LEFT THE LOS ANGELES AREA AT 200 FT MSL TRYING TO MANEUVER AWAY FROM THE CUSTOMS ACFT. THE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS LOST SIGHT OF THE ACFT IN A FOG BANK AT 10 FT AGL TWO MILES FROM SHORE AT DAVENPORT, CA. ON 9/17 A CAMPER REPORTED 2 BAGS OF MARIJUANA WASHED ASHORE AT DAVENPORT. ON 9/28 THE PLTS BODY WASHED ASHORE AT BEAN HOLLOW PT, CA. IN OCTOBER 3 PARTS OF THE ACFT WASHED ASHORE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.