# Incident 19860401012529I: Beech STC18BEECH, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1986, 20:36 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (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 STC18BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860401012529I

## Narrative

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

GUST OF WIND CAUGHT TAIL AS AIRCRAFT TURNED OFF RUNWAY. GROUND LOOPED WITH RIGHT MAIN GEAR SHEARED OFF.

## Other reports on N924J (1)

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

- [Incident 19840121009709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840121009709I), Jan 21, 1984: Beech STC18BEECH (N924J), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. Right main gear jammed partly extended for landing. Landed on left main. Right gear torque tube had broken.

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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