# Incident 19810326025579I: Beech D18S, Kahuluni, HI, March 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1981, 07:45 local time
- Place: Kahuluni, HI
- Airport: Maui
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 20.8129° N, 156.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Maui (Puunene) Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8129&lon=-156.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4193, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4193-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,899 total, 365 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810326025579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENROUTE CABIN AIRSTAIR DOOR OPENED. EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N4193 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19911110050039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911110050039A), Nov 10, 1991: Beech D18S (N4193), Hilo, HI, Substantial damage. Left mag drive shaft failed stopped left engine on approach. Ditched in bay. Unable sustain flight on good engine.
- [Incident 19881210066762I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881210066762I), Dec 10, 1988: Beech D18S (N4193), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. While taxiing to ramp after landing was struck on nose by NR5797M at intersection.
- [Incident 19791126045619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791126045619I), Nov 26, 1979: Beech D18S (N4193), Kailua Kona, HI, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower gear before landing, props struck runway, pilot made go around and landed safely.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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