# Incident 19820720041499I: Beech H18, Kona, HI, July 20, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1982, 08:15 local time
- Place: Kona, HI
- Airport: Keahole
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 19.6452° N, 155.9979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kailua, HI, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6452&lon=-155.9979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34AP-1989-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820720041499I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH LEFT ENGINE ON APPROACH. FIRE ERUPTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON RAMP. CARBURETOR FLOAT HINGE PIN PLUG MISSING.

## Other reports on N34AP (1)

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

- [Accident 19890611015669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890611015669A), Jun 11, 1989: Beech H18 (N34AP), Waipio Valley, HI, Destroyed, 11 fatal. Struck canyon wall 900FT below rim. Was against company policy for sightsee flight at unsafe altitude.

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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