# NTSB investigations: Beech E18S, 1985

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB MIA86LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA042.md): Beech E-18S · Opa Locka, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 1985 · N43T · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that while on his takeoff roll, the left main wheel started to shimmy, the acft pulled left then veered off the right side of the rwy, collapsing the tail wheel & coming to rest in the grass.
- [NTSB DEN85LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA221.md): Beech E18S · Billings, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1985 · N44N · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he encountered a 'wind draft' and the acft was struck by lightning. The rt eng mount failed and the rt eng was deflected downward. Plt was unable to maintain alt and executed a forced landing in an open field. Post crash exam of the welded…
- [NTSB CHI85LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA302.md): Beech E18S · Youngstown, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1985 · N51W · Substantial damage
  > During initial climb, the plt noted a vibration. He was unable to identify the source & elected to land gear up on the remaining rwy. An exam of the acft revealed that the stick shaker sys had been activated by an electrical problem in the left eng nacelle…
- [NTSB DCA85AA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85AA026.md): Beech E18S · Birmingham, AL · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jun 21, 1985 · N19T · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > At 2045 the military flt, dixie 06, contacted Birmingham apch & obtained clearance for a low apch followed by a full-stop lndg on rwy 05. At 2053, dixie 06 reported a 4 mile final for a low apch to the local controller. At 2054:19, the local controller…
- [NTSB MIA85FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA166.md): Beech E18S · West Palm Bch, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 6, 1985 · N57AE · Substantial damage
  > Drg takeoff from rwy 13, the l eng lost pwr after the acft had climbed to about 200' AGL & accellerated to aprx 125 KTS with the gear & flaps retracted. The plt aborted the takeoff & turned the acft to land on rwy 9. However, it touched dwnin the grass after…
- [NTSB BFO85LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA040.md): Beech E18S · Fishersville, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 25, 1985 · N67A · Substantial damage
  > Weather conditions in charlottesville, Virginia, the intended destination, resulted in a missed approach and diversion to shenandoah valley airport, where two more missed approaches were executed. On the climb out from the second missed approach, the left…
- [NTSB CHI85FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA170.md): Beech E18S · Janesville, WI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 1985 · N68V · Substantial damage
  > On April 20,1985 at approx. 2100HRS local time a Beechcraft model E185 N68Y owned and operated by blackhawk airways inc. was conducting a normal runup in preparation for a flight from Janesville, WI. (Jvl) to chicago IL. (Ord). At the completion of the of the…
- [NTSB FTW85LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA142.md): Beech E18S · Pharr, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1985 · N352B · Substantial damage
  > The plt took off at about 0600 CST on a local test flt following an eng change. He received a special VFR clearance from the control tower, but did not obtain an IFR clearance. At 0605, the wx at mcallen, TX was in part: 500 ft obscured, visibility 2 mi, wind…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151006', '1151007'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151006&year=1985

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