# Incident 19900103005369I: Beech H18, Lake Charles, LA, January 3, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1990, 19:45 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ATBA
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117ME-2012-06-07) (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: 7,250 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900103005369I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING TO RAMP, LEFT WING STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED GLARE ON WET WINDSHIELD AFFECTED VISIBILITY.

## Other reports on N117ME (1)

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

- [Incident 20020629019559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020629019559I), Jun 29, 2002: Beech H18 (N117ME), Orlando, FL. (-23) On June 29, 2002, at around 0900 local, the left engine of a Beech H18, N117ME, caught fire during an engine start. The fire was extinguished quickly and…

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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