36.1659° N, 86.7844° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 24, 1983 · 15:00 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AKYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18AK
Reported as
Beech C99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A36
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,295 total3,060 in this make and model215 in the last 90 days
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.
Loaded 13 passengers 2 in rear seats. 14th passenger step on stairs aircrafts tail started down.
As the FAA filed it
LOADED 13 PASSENGERS 2 IN REAR SEATS. 14TH PASSENGER STEP ON STAIRS AIRCRAFTS TAIL STARTED DOWN.