# Accident 19770820024949A: Beech E18S, Santa Nella, CA, August 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1977
- Place: Santa Nella, CA
- Airport: Santa Nella
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.0927° N, 121.0238° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Santa Nella Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0927&lon=-121.0238&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61E-2013-07-16) (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
- Reported engine: PWA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 745 total, 20 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FVA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FVA51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770820024949A

## Narrative

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

PROP NOT FEATHERED.

## 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 OAK77FVA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FVA51), Aug 20, 1977: Beech E18S (N61E), Santa Nella, CA, 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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