# Incident 19850723041049I: Beech D18S, Springfield, IL, July 23, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1985, 11:19 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666S-2015-04-27) (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 R985AN14B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,730 total, 960 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850723041049I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE EN ROUTE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE. FOUND EXCESSIVE FERROUS METAL IN OIL FILTER.

## Other reports on N666S (1)

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

- [Accident 19940909032239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940909032239A), Sep 9, 1994: Beech D18S (N666S), Mt Pleasant, MI, Destroyed. Fuel starvation. Pilot mismanaged fuel. Eighty gallons remained when engines quit.

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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