# Accident 20161023016949A: Beech D18S, Deming, NM, October 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Deming Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2625° N, 107.7189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2625&lon=-107.7189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N644B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N644B-2018-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (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 D18S
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161023016949A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2016, AT 1530 MDT, A BEECHCRAFT D18S, N644B, DEPARTED RUNWAY 08 TO THE LEFT JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN  AT DEMING, NM. AFTER THE GEAR DEPARTED THE HARD SURFACE. THE LEFT GEAR SUNK INTO SOFT SAND AND GROUND LOOPED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JUNCTION, TX.

## 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 GAA17CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA044), Oct 23, 2016: Beech D18S (N644B), Deming, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N644B (1)

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

- [Incident 19820530032509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820530032509I), May 30, 1982: Beech 18S (N644B), Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. Pilot executed a go around. Retracted the gear to reduce drag then landed with gear up.

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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