NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL88LA099
Registry · N1480K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
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
Registrant of record
THEBERGE JANE A
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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.
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