# Incident 20060418004349I: Beech E18S, Angleton, TX, April 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2006, 08:00 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Airport: Brazoria County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BZ0M
- Location: 29.1718° N, 95.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angleton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1718&lon=-95.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979SB-2013-07-01) (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 E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,150 total, 140 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060418004349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 04/18/2006 AT 0800, N979SB, A BEECH 18, BEING OPERATED BY BRAZORIA COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL WAS DEPARTING FROM BRAZORIA COUNTY AIRPORT (LBX). WINDS WERE FROM 145 @ 9 KTS., REPORTED FROM FBO. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, APPROXIMATELY 1000' DOWN RUNWAY #17, PILOT OVER STEERED THE AIRCRAFT USING ENGINE CONTROLS. AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT, PILOT APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND REDUCED POWER TO BOTH ENGINES. AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE INTO THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ONCE. PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT BACK TO HANGAR. MINOR DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE AROUND THE TAIL WHEEL MOUNTING AREA. LOWER SKIN FORWARD OF THE TAIL WHEEL HAS SLIGHT BUCKLING.

## Other reports on N979SB (1)

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

- [Accident 19770822035749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770822035749A), Aug 22, 1977: Beech E18S (N979SB), Catalina Is, CA, Destroyed. Pilot,carbon monoxide 45 ,copilot 16.8 .cabin heater,cracks in combustion chamber

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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