# Accident 20120811016429A: Beech G18S, Taylorville, IL, August 11, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2012, 11:25 local time
- Place: Taylorville, IL
- Airport: Taylorville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5397° N, 89.3022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5397&lon=-89.3022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N697Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N697Q-2015-07-23) (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
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA534](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA534) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120811016429A

## Narrative

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

INTERVIEWS HELD WITH THE JUMPERS ON THE ACCIDENT RUN HAVE GIVEN STATEMENTS THAT INDICATE THAT THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND IT ROLLED TO THE LEFT, WENT INVERTED AND THEN INTO A DIVE.  THE LAST JUMPER GOT OUT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A VERTICAL DIVE.

## 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 CEN12FA534](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA534), Aug 11, 2012: Beech G18 - S (N697Q), Taylorville, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and use the appropriate flaps setting during sport-parachuting operations, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and a subsequent loss of…

## Other reports on N697Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19880202007249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880202007249I), Feb 2, 1988: Beech G18S (N697Q), St Louis, MO. Landed behind a B737. Wake turbulance. Lost control of aircraft. Veered off runway into mud. No ground loop.

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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