# Accident 19811102071489A: Beech 18*, Ohatchee, AL, November 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1981, 15:10 local time
- Place: Ohatchee, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.7898° N, 86.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ohatchee, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7898&lon=-86.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16139, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16139-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 3NM (registry code 1151044, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-3nm) (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*
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,110 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 291 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811102071489A

## Narrative

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

ON AIR TAXI CARGO FLIGHT WITH CLASS B EXPLOSIVES.  FLEW OVER DAM AND RIVER. STRUCK POWERLINE. LANDED AT AIRPORT.

## 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 ATL82FKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKJ05), Nov 2, 1981: Beech 3NM (N16139), Ohatchee, AL, 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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