# Accident 20000706006019A: Beech G18S, Taos, NM, July 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2000, 14:10 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4700° N, 105.6194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4700&lon=-105.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1800L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,590 total, 383 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000706006019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 6, 2000, AT 1410 MST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-18-G18S, N1800L, REGISTERED TO WILD BLUE YONDER INC, VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 22 AT TAOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TAOS, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TAOS, NEW MEXICO, ON JULY 6, AT 1400 MST. (.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION INITIATED THE TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 22. AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, SHE RAISED THE TAIL OFF THE GROUND IN PREPARATION FOR LIFTOFF.  THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF.  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT AS POWER WAS INCREASED FOR TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE LEFT THROTTLE, AND THIS, IN COMBINATION WITH THE GUSTY CROSSWIND, CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO VEER LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE WIND WAS FROM 180 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS (19 MPH), WITH GUSTS TO 24  KNOTS (28 MPH). THIS WOULD PRESENT A 40 DEGREE LEFT QUARTERING HEADWIND.  THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH GEISSE SAFETY GEAR.  ACCORDING TO THE CROSSWIND COMPONENT CHART CONTAINED IN THE BEECH G18S 'FLIGHT HANDBOOK,' THE MAXIMUM SAFE CROSSWIND COMPONENT WAS NOT EXCEEDED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN00LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA123), Jul 6, 2000: Beech G18S (N1800L), Taos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot receiving instruction to maintain directional control. Factors were a gusty crosswind, inadequate supervision by the flight instructor, and the runway light.

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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