# NTSB MKC79FCA13: Beech E18S, N1431T, St Louis, MO, March 8, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 8, 1979
- Place: St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137487
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC79FCA13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA13

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0543   79/3/8    ST LOUIS,MO         BEECH E18S          CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 2000
        TIME - 0954                    N1431T              PX-  0  0  3  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT FLD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT LEONARD WOOD,MO          ST LOUIS,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
           COPILOT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ACFT TUG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1431T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1431T-2012-07-06), registration cancelled 2012-07-06, S/N BA-320, 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: Lambert Fld

## 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 19790308005989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790308005989A), Mar 8, 1979: Beech E18S, St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. Co-pilot taxied into a tug after landing. The captain said he was doing company paperwork and neither pilot saw tug

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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