# NTSB UNK64X0278: Beechcraft C18S, N8079E, New Orleans, LA, January 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1964
- 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: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185533
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0278
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0278

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0138  64/1/18    NEW ORLEANS LA      BEECHCRAFT C18S     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8079E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 39, 13200 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 220 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-23 N1443P SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8079E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8079E-1970-06-16), registration cancelled 1970-06-16, S/N 5754 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C18S
- Registry model: [Beech C18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (registry code 1150902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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