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Status	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date	Sunday 24 November 1985
Time	19:15
Type	Cessna P210N
Operator	private
Registration	N86JB
MSN	P210000430
Year of manufature
Engines	Continental TSIO-520-P2B
Crew	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total occupants	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage	Destroyed
Location	Tontitown, AR United States of America
Phase	En route
Nature	Private
Departure Airport	Aspen, CO (ASE)
Destination Airport	Fayetteville, AR (FYV)
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 reported 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. CAUSE:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2008 10:30	ASN archive	Added
21-Dec-2016 19:23	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]

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