# Accident 19841213076089A: Beech D18S, Norfold, VA, December 13, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1984, 07:51 local time
- Place: Norfold, VA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.9066° N, 76.1870° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9066&lon=-76.1870&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8517Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8517Z-2013-06-05) (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 R985AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,520 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841213076089A

## Narrative

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

LEFT FUEL VALVE LEFT ON AFTER TURNING ON CROSSFEED. RIGHT ENGINE DRAINED LINE, IT ALSO QUIT. LEFT FUEL SYSTEM LEAK.

## 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 ATL85FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA054), Dec 13, 1984: Beech D18S (N8517Z), Norfolk, VA, destroyed

## Other reports on N8517Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19820225001069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820225001069A), Feb 25, 1982: Beech D18S (N8517Z), Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Glide slope not indicating properly. Aircraft struck wire short of runway and crashed during instrument approach.
- [Incident 19801215087599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801215087599I), Dec 15, 1980: Beech D18S (N8517Z), Shreveport, LA. Experienced split flaps, accompanied by smoke from cabin floor. Flap motor malfunctioned.

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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