NTSB investigations: Beech D18S, CA

19 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Beech D18S. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19652026
NTSB investigations: Beech D18S, CA per year, 1965–2026: 19 cases
19652
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19671
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19752
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19781
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19871

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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CA' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151004'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX87LA265Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech D18S · Riverside, CAThe acft had not been flown for svrl years & was on a flt to ferry it to another location. While cruising at 7500', the plt decided to start using aux fuel. Shortly after moving the fuel selectors to the aux psn, both engs lost power & would not restart. The…Jul 11, 1987 · N99CP · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81IA015Incident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Long Beach, CANov 18, 1981 · N104J · Minor damageNTSB LAX80FUG07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Corona, CANov 14, 1979 · N8611A · DestroyedNTSB LAX78FUA32Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Long Beach, CASep 28, 1978 · N603RD · Substantial damageNTSB OAK76FVG58Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Woodland, CAMar 21, 1976 · N39U · DestroyedNTSB OAK76DXQ32Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · S.Lake Tahoe, CAMar 5, 1976 · N8609A · Substantial damageNTSB OAK76AP032Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Oakland, CADec 8, 1975 · N4861 · Substantial damageNTSB OAK75AP037Accident · No injuriesClosedVolpar 18 · San Jose, CAFeb 13, 1975 · N118L · Substantial damageNTSB LAX75AL028Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech D18S · Tustin, CANov 22, 1974 · N2085D · DestroyedNTSB OAK74FVD03Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech B18 · Hayward, CAJul 19, 1973 · N411U · Substantial damageNTSB LAX73DUG63Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Perris, CAJun 9, 1973 · N165WP · Substantial damageNTSB OAK73AP026Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Oakland, CAMar 14, 1973 · N118L · Substantial damageNTSB OAK73AP023Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Fresno, CAJan 17, 1973 · N118L · Substantial damageNTSB OAK72FVM30Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · San Jose, CAApr 11, 1972 · N118L · Substantial damageNTSB LAX68F0010Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Burbank, CAJun 7, 1967 · N118L · Substantial damageNTSB LAX66F0279Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Santee, CAMar 31, 1966 · N80045 · Substantial damageNTSB OAK66A0039Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Oakland, CAMar 24, 1966 · N39U · Substantial damageNTSB LAX66A0017Accident · 8 fatalClosedBeech C-45H · Lakewood, CAAug 7, 1965 · N88Q · DestroyedNTSB OAK67D0143Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Oakland, CAJun 19, 1965 · N5559V · Substantial damage