# Accident 19790928036629A: Beech D18S, Sumter, SC, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 11:31 local time
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Airport: Shaw Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.9727° N, 80.4706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHAW AFB (SSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9727&lon=-80.4706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N646B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N646B-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (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 D18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,690 total, 1,567 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928036629A

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS ON LEFT ENG. AT INITIAL CLIMB. ABORTED. ACFT HIT RWY, BOUNCED, COLLAPSED GEAR. ENG FUEL PUMP SHEARED.

## 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 MIA79FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA129), Sep 28, 1979: Beech D18S (N646B), Sumter, SC, substantial damage

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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