# Accident 19830317048222A: Beech D18S, Dallas, TX, March 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1983, 19:10 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Ft Worth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ABCA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80017, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80017-2013-05-13) (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 D18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,973 total, 171 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830317048222A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD SHUT LEFT ENGINE DOWN AND RIGHT REGULATOR FAILED LEAVING NO COMMUNICATIONS. AIRCRAFT HIT WHILE TAXIING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N130L, Beech E18S9700: [Accident 19830317048221A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830317048221A)

## 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 FTW83LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA162), Mar 18, 1983: Beech D-18S (N80017), Dfw Airport, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N80017 (3)

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

- [Incident 19841020068579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841020068579I), Oct 20, 1984: Beech D18S (N80017), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. Prop struck runway before go around. Manual gear extension. Broken wire gear switch to down limit switch.
- [Incident 19820822063899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820822063899I), Aug 22, 1982: Beech D18S (N80017), Amarillo, TX, Substantial damage. Right engine surge on liftoff. Props hit runway on attempted abort. Went around. Cracked right engine crankshaft.
- [Incident 19780711043209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780711043209I), Jul 11, 1978: Beech D18S (N80017), Dickinson, ND. Takeoff aborted when one engine quit. Engines and fuel checked out ok.

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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