# Incident 19781122025789I: Beech 18/, Alexis, NC, November 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: Alexis, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.3921° N, 81.1228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexis, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3921&lon=-81.1228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N225H-2012-08-31) (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 18/
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,965 total, 590 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781122025789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAW ENGINE SHAKING AND HEARD RATTLING NOISE AFTER TAKEOFF. SHUTDOWN WRONG ENGINE. LANDED ON ROAD.

## Other reports on N225H (2)

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

- [Accident 19830904051619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830904051619A), Sep 4, 1983: Beech E18S (N225H), Beef Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, Substantial damage. Aircraft loaded with marijuana collided with threshold lip and a parked car on landing. Auto used to light runway.
- [Incident 19810123013809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810123013809I), Jan 23, 1981: Beech E18S (N225H), Tri City, TN, Minor damage. During rollout landing gear collapsed. Found indicator switch jammed and broken were on control circuit breaker.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.