# Accident 19780926044069A: Beech D18S, San Juan,Pr, Puerto Rico, September 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1978
- Place: San Juan,Pr, Puerto Rico
- Airport: San Juan International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 18.4578° N, 66.1211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN JUAN (PR34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4578&lon=-66.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500L-1985-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 8
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA78AA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780926044069A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE ON TERMINAL RADAR SERVICE AREA FREQUENCY.

## 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 DCA78AA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA024), Sep 26, 1978: Beech D18S (N500L), San Juan, PR, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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