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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Chicago, IL · January 11, 1978

Date: January 11, 1978 · 07:15 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Ohare International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SMBA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N149R
Reported as: Beech E18S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,900 total350 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N149RRegistration cancelled Aug 11, 1988 · Beech E18SS/N BA414 Airframe modelBeech E18S

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tail gear collapsed on touchdown. Shear bolt in tail wheel assembly failed.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. SHEAR BOLT IN TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FAILED.

Other reports on N149R · 1

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

Accident 19870218002889AForced/Precautionary Landing · Quincy, ILReported problem on climbout. Stalled,crashed and burned trying to return. Left engine was feathered. Got below VMCFeb 18, 1987 · Reported as Beech STC18BEECH · Destroyed · 2 fatal