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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech D18S · Hale Center, TX · April 21, 1983

Date: April 21, 1983 · 14:00 local
Place: Hale Center, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ABCA
Aircraft: N745PD
Reported as: Beech D18S
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,532 total350 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

N745PDRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2002 · Beech D18SS/N A-25 · Built 1955 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.

Landed in a cotton field when both engines failed due to fuel exhuastion.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN A COTTON FIELD WHEN BOTH ENGINES FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHUASTION.

Other reports on N745PD · 5

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

Incident 19850517033679IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Midland, TXAircraft ground looped on rollout. Exited runway into grass and returned to runway with no damage.May 17, 1985 Incident 19850309018699ILevel Off Touchdown · Lubbock, TXOn rollout aircraft swerved and would not turn properly. Tail gear not extended due to broken chain in activator.Mar 9, 1985 · Minor damage Incident 19830422023989IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Mcadoo, TXShut engine down when oil pressure went to zero. Found hold down studs on nr 4 cylinder had failed.Apr 22, 1983 Incident 19810522045049IOps On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft · Longview, TXGround loop during taxi from landing due to outboard brake fading.May 22, 1981 · Minor damage Incident 19800513043439ILevel Off Touchdown · Ft Worth, TXAircraft landed with one main gear swinging free due to sheared bolt on drag strut.May 13, 1980 · Minor damage