# Accident 20090812048749A: Beech E18S, Eden Prairie, MN, August 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2009, 11:38 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8297° N, 93.4486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8297&lon=-93.4486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3038C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3038C-2012-11-06) (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
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA518) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090812048749A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED OUTSIDE OF AIRPORT AFTER TAKEOFF.  AIRCRAFT BURNED ON IMPACT. PILOT LOGS BURNED IN CRASH.

## 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 CEN09FA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA518), Aug 12, 2009: Beech E18S (N3038C), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s lack of experience flying the accident make and model of airplane, which led to a loss of control while maneuvering to return to the airport. Contributing to the accident was a partial…

## Other reports on N3038C (1)

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

- [Incident 19960122007289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960122007289I), Jan 22, 1996: Beech E18S (N3038C), Texarkana, AR. Narrative: history of flight: on January 22, 1996, at 1705 CST, a Beechcraft, model 18, N3038C, registered to may air express landed gear-up at the point of…

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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