# Incident 19970807036239I: Beech G18S, New Boston, TX, August 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1997, 06:30 local time
- Place: New Boston, TX
- Airport: Love
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KVJA
- Location: 33.4611° N, 94.4191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Boston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4611&lon=-94.4191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621KE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621KE-2002-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (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 G18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970807036239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS OPERATING N621KE A BE18 ON AN IFR FLT. PLAN IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF BONHOUR VOR. RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO 4000 FEET. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TWO JOLTS DUE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE AND LOST THE ATTITUDE GYRO DUE TO TUMBLING OF THE GYRO. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW THE CLOUDS PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESUME LEVEL FLIGHT AND WAS VECTORED TO LOVE FIELD WHERE A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. ALTITUDE LOSS WAS 300 FEET AND HEADING CHANGE WAS 75 DEGREES.

## Other reports on N621KE (4)

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

- [Accident 19990723009429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990723009429A), Jul 23, 1999: Beech G18S (N621KE), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Aviation charters air taxi crashed shortly after take-off and sustained substantial damage, the pilot/sole occupant was not injured, other circumstances are…
- [Incident 19970926034059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970926034059I), Sep 26, 1997: Beech G18S (N621KE), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: while repositioning the aircraft from the east side of the airport (lbb) to the west side, the pilot allowed the aircraft to run over a parked fuel…
- [Incident 19790515026849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790515026849I), May 15, 1979: Beech 18S (N621KE), Kenosha, WI, Minor damage. Right engine quit during takeoff, pilot aborted, landed straight ahead. Blower seal had failed.
- [Incident 19780923027129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780923027129I), Sep 23, 1978: Beech G18S (N621KE), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. While en route, aircraft had bird strike which penetrated windshield. Minor injury to pilot.

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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