# Accident 19740702020979A: Beech C18S, Ridgely, MD, July 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1974
- Place: Ridgely, MD
- Airport: Ridgely-Pelican
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Location: 38.9529° N, 75.8827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ridgely, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9529&lon=-75.8827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N334G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N334G-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C18S (registry code 1150902, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (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 C18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,192 total, 153 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75FIG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FIG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740702020979A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE ENG-OUT APCH.T/D 1500FT SHORT.BOUNCED,VEERED L TOWARD FEATHRD ENG,INTO SWAMP.

## 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 IAD75FIG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FIG01), Jul 2, 1974: Beech C18S (N334G), Ridgely, MD, substantial damage

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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