# NTSB IAD76AI025: Beech E18S, N5611D, Lexington, KY, November 17, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 17, 1975
- Place: Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Location: 37.9887° N, 84.4777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lexington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9887&lon=-84.4777&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 20, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD76AI025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3592  75/11/17   LEXINGTON,KY        BEECH E18S          CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1317                    N5611D              PX-  0  0  9  CORP/EXEC                 56, 15000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            3130 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE GRASS FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LEXINGTON,KY                JEFFERSON CITY,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- TAXIED OVER STEEP EMBANKMENT, BRAKE SYS CKD OK. OK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5611D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5611D-2020-12-08), registration cancelled 2020-12-08, S/N BA-316, built 1957 (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: Blue Grass Field

## Other investigations on N5611D (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI69D0455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0455), Feb 6, 1969: Beech E18S (N5611D), Iron Mntn, MI, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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