# NTSB LAX69O0280: Beech D18S, N1182C, Baja Calif, Mexico, June 13, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 13, 1968
- Place: Baja Calif, Mexico · BAJA CALIF, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109710
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69O0280
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69O0280

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0074  68/6/13    BAJA CALIF,MEX      BEECH D18S          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 7925
        TIME - 1630                    N1182C              PX-  0  0  8  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 313 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LA PAZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS                 TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1182C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1182C-2014-08-28), registration cancelled 2014-08-28, S/N AF-18, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech C-45H](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (registry code 1151018) (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: La Paz

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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