# Incident 19850121005479I: Beech H18, Indianapolis, IN, January 21, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1985, 12:21 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N925J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N925J-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (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 H18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850121005479I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING, WIND WEATHERVANED AIRCRAFT. SLID ON ICE THEN HIT DRY PATCH, LEFT GEAR BROKE FORWARD. CLEAN BREAK.

## Other reports on N925J (1)

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

- [Accident 19861112056059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861112056059A), Nov 12, 1986: Beech H18 (N925J), Pittsburgh, PA, Substantial damage. Right main gear leg broke during landing due a fracture near fork assembly.

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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