# Accident 19781010039039A: Beech SNB2C, Amarillo, TX, October 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1978
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewind
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 35.1699° N, 101.8259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRADEWIND (TDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1699&lon=-101.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36MS-1989-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C18S (registry code 1150902, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH SNB2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 607 total, 54 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781010039039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MECHANIC FOUND TINFOIL FROM GUM WRAPPER ACROSS LANDING GEARTCH TERMINALS.

## 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 FTW79FQG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG02), Oct 10, 1978: Beech C18S (N36MS), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N36MS (1)

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

- [Incident 19790311011139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790311011139I), Mar 11, 1979: Beech 18/ (N36MS), Amarillo, TX. On take off, oil hose which connects the engine return oil to firewall fitting ruptured. Pilot landed in a field

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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