# Incident 19781215025219I: Beech B18S, San Francisco, CA, December 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1978, 08:33 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104KC-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B18S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 2,000 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/19781215025219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM DURING TAKEOFF DUE TO ENGINE SURGING. TAKEOFF WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N104KC (1)

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

- [Accident 19790104000279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790104000279A), Jan 4, 1979: Beech G18S (N104KC), Sacramento, CA, Destroyed. Witnesses saw acft takeoff, climb at a steep nose high attitude, and stall. Wgt and balance could not de determined

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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