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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech D18S · Shreveport, LA · December 15, 1980

Date: December 15, 1980 · 13:00 local
Place: Shreveport, LA
Airport: Regional
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ABCA
Aircraft: N8517Z
Reported as: Beech D18S
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,010 total3,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N8517ZRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · Beech D18SS/N A-352 · Built 1947 Airframe modelBeech D18S Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Experienced split flaps, accompanied by smoke from cabin floor. Flap motor malfunctioned.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED SPLIT FLAPS, ACCOMPANIED BY SMOKE FROM CABIN FLOOR. FLAP MOTOR MALFUNCTIONED.

Other reports on N8517Z · 2

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

Accident 19841213076089AForced Landing · Norfold, VALeft fuel valve left on after turning on crossfeed. Right engine drained line, it also quit. Left fuel system leak.Dec 13, 1984 · Destroyed Accident 19820225001069AFinal Approach-IFR · Dallas, TXGlide slope not indicating properly. Aircraft struck wire short of runway and crashed during instrument approach.Feb 25, 1982 · Substantial damage