# Accident 19790511017959A: Beech G18S, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1979, 06:14 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N966YH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N966YH-2011-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (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 G18S
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 160 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511017959A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK BY GROUND VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING AT INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY AND VEHICLE CROSSING AREA. RAIN AND DARKNESS

## 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 MIA79FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA084), May 11, 1979: Beech G18S (N966YH), San Juan, PR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N966YH (1)

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

- [Accident 19810128004539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128004539A), Jan 28, 1981: Beech G18S (N966YH), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Ground looped on landing roll when tail was lowered to runway.

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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