# Accident 19810626036589A: Beech 65A80, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1981, 17:05 local time
- Place: St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilto
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OLIA
- Location: 17.7397° N, 64.7388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Croix, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7397&lon=-64.7388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314Q-2012-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A80 (registry code 1152808, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A80
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,200 total, 255 in this make and model, 360 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626036589A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. INDICATES PILOT RETRACTED GEAR AT TOUCHDOWN IN PLACE OF FLAPS. NO PRIOR DEFECT

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA81FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA088), Jun 26, 1981: Beech 65-80 (N314Q), St.Croix, VI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N314Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19811031088599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811031088599I), Oct 31, 1981: Beech 65A80 (N314Q), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. On landing gear test flight. Unsafe gear down light. Unable to remedy. Landed right main gear partially extended.
- [Incident 19790816031589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816031589I), Aug 16, 1979: Beech 65A80 (N314Q), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Pilot heard loud noise with gear retraction. Left main unsafe and collapsed. Jackscrew #11-29-1E301.

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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