# Incident 19790615016419I: Beech 95A55, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S. Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8618M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8618M-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,650 total, 50 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/19790615016419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED SHARP RUNWAY TURNOFF AT HIGHER THAN TAXI SPEED. OUTSIDE MAIN COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N8618M (1)

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

- [Incident 20040806025669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040806025669I), Aug 6, 2004: Beech 95A55 (N8618M), Boqueron, PR, Minor damage. (-23) The landing gear was fully up with all doors closed and flaps full down when the airplane came to rest. The pilot stated that on the second attempted…

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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