# Incident 19800102010939I: Beech D18C, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, January 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1980, 19:15 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S. Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VAIA
- 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: N625B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N625B-2015-05-19) (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 D18C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,779 total, 890 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/19800102010939I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE-OFF ROLL AND BEFORE FLYING SPEED, AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N625B (1)

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

- [Incident 19780417010929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780417010929I), Apr 17, 1978: Beech D18C (N625B), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. While taxiing behind a DC9 which was pulling away from gate aircraft started to veer. Rakes applied. Up on nose.

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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