# Accident 19730830031909A: Beech E18S, Urbana, OH, August 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1973
- Place: Urbana, OH
- Airport: Mad River
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.1081° N, 83.7554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Urbana, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1081&lon=-83.7554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5632D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5632D-2014-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,285 total, 975 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730830031909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WET SOD STRIP.HIT WIRE 25FT AGL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74AC017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC017), Aug 30, 1973: Beech E18S (N5632D), Urbana, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5632D (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19821106065519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821106065519I), Nov 6, 1982: Beech E18S (N5632D), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. On rollout engine backfired. Oil running out of cowling. Caught on fire. Engine had blown master rod cylinder.
- [Incident 19810721052979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810721052979I), Jul 21, 1981: Beech E18S (N5632D), Midland, TX. One flap failed to operate when actuated to down position on landing. Landed no flaps. Flap drive broken.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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