# NTSB CHI82FEI01: Beech D18S, N8962A, Concord, OH, October 30, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1981
- Place: Concord, OH · CONCORD, OH
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FEI01
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEI01

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2810  81/10/30   CONCORD,OH          BEECH D18S          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1030                    N8962A              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     AGE 34, 10775 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 3535 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLES REED
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CLEVELAND,OH                CONCORD,OH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- UN TO STOP ON 1800FT WET SOD RWY W HI OBSTNS ON BOTH ENDS.SLID OFF SIDE OF RWY NR DEP END.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8962A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8962A-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N A-577, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Charles Reed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19811030085729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811030085729A), Oct 30, 1981: Beech D18S, Painesville, OH, Substantial damage. Skidded off wet, sod runway on landing. Hit trees. 1800 foot Private strip too short for condition and aircraft.

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.

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