# Incident 19810826079559I: Beech E18S, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, August 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1981
- Place: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3789° N, 65.8389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Río Grande, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3789&lon=-65.8389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231H-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (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 E18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826079559I

## Narrative

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

STOLEN AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A SAND ROAD BY UNKNOWN PERSONS. MINOR DAMAGE TO TAIL GEAR, LEFT AILERON, RIGHT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N231H (2)

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

- [Incident 20080422835619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080422835619I), Apr 22, 2008: Beech E18S (N231H), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23) Left main landing gear retract chain broke at the top of retraction after take-off. This caused the right MLG & tail lg to be jammed in the up position &…
- [Incident 20041224033889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041224033889I), Dec 24, 2004: Beech E18S (N231H), Kaunakakai, HI, Minor damage. (-23) On late final at Molokai Airport (mkk) the pilot realized that the landing gear was unsafe. The pilot elected to do a waveoff, hit both propellers on the…

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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