N985CA — 1981 Beech A36

Aircraft record

Serial number

E-1901

Manufacturer

Beech

Model

A36

Year

1981

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Cont Motor Io 520 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N985CA →

Accident & incident history

1. WPR16FA172Aug 31, 2016Sparks, NVFatal · 2 fatal

   The pilot's selection of a landing runway which, given the wind and traffic conditions, was susceptible to high crosswinds and the translation of wake turbulence across its approach path, and the controller's and pilot's failure to ensure separation from the B757 and its wake, which resulted in a low-altitude encounter with wake vortices that the pilot was unable to recover from.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1981 Beech A36).

1. Dec 12, 2017deregistered — Venture Aviation Services Llc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N985CA was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1981 Beech A36 above.

• until Jun 21, 1993Piper PA-31T (s/n 31T8020003)

Frequently asked

Has N985CA been in an accident?

Yes. N985CA appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2016.

What kind of aircraft is N985CA?

N985CA is a 1981 Beech A36 (fixed wing single-engine), serial number E-1901.

Has N985CA been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N985CA (WPR16FA172) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.