# Incident 19800130020289I: Beech 18/, Charlotte, NC, January 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Douglas Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62TP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62TP-2003-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (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 18/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 600 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/19800130020289I

## Narrative

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

AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE TO TAXI ACROSS ICY RAMP WITH VEHICLE & AIRPLANE TRAFFIC, PILOT SLID INTO A FORKLIFT.

## Other reports on N62TP (3)

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

- [Incident 20000307001239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000307001239I), Mar 7, 2000: Beech E18S (N62TP), Long Beach, CA. (-23) Cargo aircraft was returning from a delivery flight (CFR part 91) when the side emergency window fell off the aircraft on short final to the airport. No…
- [Incident 19870617055469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870617055469I), Jun 17, 1987: Beech E18S (N62TP), Youngstown, OH. The aircraft made a safe emergency landing after both engines failed from fuel exhaustion.
- [Accident 19801222076431A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801222076431A), Dec 22, 1980: Beech C45 (N62TP), Norfolk, VA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with N3932C during taxi for takeoff at night. N3932C was holding with engines idling.

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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