# Accident 19751017035409A: Beech E18S, Lexington, KY, October 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1975
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5611D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5611D-2020-12-08) (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: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 3,130 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751017035409A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED OVER STEEP EMBANKMENT, BRAKE SYS CKD OK. OK.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5611D (1)

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

- [Incident 19831121073699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831121073699I), Nov 21, 1983: Beech E18S (N5611D), Kosrae Island, Guam, Minor damage. Left brake failed on landing. Ground looped to prevent overrun. Aircraft struck a cement embankment.

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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