# Incident 19790311011139I: Beech 18/, Amarillo, TX, March 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1979, 09:34 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewinds
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&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 18/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 60 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/19790311011139I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE OFF, OIL HOSE WHICH CONNECTS THE ENGINE RETURN OIL TO FIREWALL FITTING RUPTURED. PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD

## Other reports on N36MS (1)

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

- [Accident 19781010039039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781010039039A), Oct 10, 1978: Beech SNB2C (N36MS), Amarillo, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot mechanic found tinfoil from gum wrapper across landing geartch terminals.

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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