# Incident 19820530032509I: Beech 18S, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 30, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1982, 06:50 local time
- Place: Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.7466° N, 64.7032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christiansted, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7466&lon=-64.7032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N644B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N644B-2018-09-08) (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 18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,605 total, 2,295 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820530032509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND. RETRACTED THE GEAR TO REDUCE DRAG THEN LANDED WITH GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N644B (1)

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

- [Accident 20161023016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161023016949A), Oct 23, 2016: Beech D18S (N644B), Deming, NM, Substantial damage. On October 23, 2016, at 1530 MDT, a Beechcraft D18S, N644B, departed runway 08 to the left just after touchdown at Deming, NM. After the gear departed the hard…

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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