# Incident 19790320009499I: Beech E18S, Cleveland, OH, March 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BUR
- Location: 41.5179° N, 81.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-81.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1234G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1234G-1980-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 65 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/19790320009499I

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN RIGHT ENGINE CAUSED BY BROKEN EXHAUST STACK.

## Other reports on N1234G (2)

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

- [Accident 19790403010139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790403010139A), Apr 3, 1979: Beech 18S (N1234G), Chicago, IL, Destroyed. Aircraft encountered vortex from departing jet during takeoff,crashed and burned
- [Incident 19780801047629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801047629I), Aug 1, 1978: Beech E18S (N1234G), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. After starting engines pilots attention diverted to radios as airplane moved forward striking parked B310.

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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