# NTSB FTW69F0547: Beech E18S, N516K, New Orleans, LA, May 19, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1969
- Place: New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69F0547
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0547

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1345  69/5/19    NEW ORLEANS,LA      BEECH E18S          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2040                    N516K               PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 64, 25686 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 3680 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE FRONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        REMARKS- TAXIED INTO FIRE PLUG ADJACENT TO UNLIGHTED TAXI STRIP.FAILED TO STAY IN CENTER OF TAXI STRIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N516K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N516K-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N BA-381, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (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: Lake Front

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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