Cessna P210N N86JB

Summary

On 25 November 1985 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna P210N registered N86JB, operated by Robert H. Conner, was involved in an accident near Tontitown, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 November 1985 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Tontitown, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna P210N

Registration

N86JB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert H. Conner

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aspen → Fayetteville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC86FA030

2 people 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

AFTER COMPLETING TWO ERRATIC 360 DEG TURNS IN A HOLDING PATTERN WEST OF THE RAZORBACK VORTAC STATION, THE PLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED VIA THE 218 DEG RADIAL OF THE RAZORBACK VORTAC UNTIL REACHING THE ELMIE INTERSECTION AND TO HOLD. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THE PLT RPTD ENTERING A HOLD AT THE ELMIE INTERSECTION AND WAS CLEARED AFTER REACHING 4000 FT FOR THE LOCALIZER 16 APCH. RADAR TRACK DATA SHOWED THE ACFT MADE A TURN TO THE EAST AFTER ENTERING THE HOLDING PATTERN IN ORDER TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER. THE ACFT THEN DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AND NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED. THE ACFT IMPACTED TERRAIN ON AN EASTERLY HEADING, 1 MILE NORTH OF TONTITOWN, AR, IN AN OPEN FLD. NO PRE-IMPACT MECHAINCAL FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED. ILLEGAL DRUGS WERE FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE IN AN OPEN CONTAINER. NO AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED AND TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLES WERE INSUFFICIENT FOR TESTING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.