NTSB ATL88LA099 — 1988-02-24 · MORGANTON, North Carolina, United States

Current FAA registration · N1480K

Make / Model: BEECH G18S
Year of manufacture: 1961 · 27 years old at event
Engine: P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines: 10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date: 19611211
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A0C2CA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1480K Beech 18S None

Factual narrative

PIC ABORTED FIRST TAKEOFF ATTEMPT DUE TO CROSSWIND INDUCED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DIFFICULTIES. DURING SECOND TAKEOFF ATTEMPT, GUSTY CROSSWIND LIFTED LEFT WING & ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. PIC FORCED ACFT BACK ONTO RWY, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED OFF RWY FIRST TO LEFT SIDE THEN ACROSS RWY TO RIGHT SIDE. ACFT WAS LOADED AT AFT CG LIMIT. CROSSWIND WAS 50-70 DEGREES OFF OF DIRECT HEADWIND WITH THE RPTED GUSTS EXCEEDING CROSSWIND LIMITS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_ATL88LA099.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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