# Incident 19810120006929I: Beech G18S, New Bedford, MA, January 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6613° N, 70.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6613&lon=-70.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75LA-1984-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,280 total, 3,050 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/19810120006929I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING COPILOT INADVERTENTLY APPLIED BRAKES. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF TO ONE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N75LA (1)

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

- [Accident 19810523028189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810523028189A), May 23, 1981: Beech G18S (N75LA), Hyannis, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Overloaded and behind CG. Pilot lost control on initial climb, stalled, crashed in wooded area near runway.

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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