# Incident 19850920051839I: Beech E18S, Alton, IL, September 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1985, 19:55 local time
- Place: Alton, IL
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BJUX
- Location: 38.9039° N, 90.1512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9039&lon=-90.1512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31M-1995-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,300 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850920051839I

## Narrative

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

VECTORED TO AIRPORT WHEN RIGHT ENGINE BECAME ROUGH. SAFE LANDING. NUMBER 4 CYLIDER CRACKED.

## Other reports on N31M (5)

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

- [Incident 19910827041629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910827041629I), Aug 27, 1991: Beech E18S (N31M), St Charles, ID, Minor damage. Pilot shut down and feathered left engine. Elected to land on beach. Found a broken piston.
- [Incident 19910109004679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910109004679I), Jan 9, 1991: Beech E18S (N31M), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Tail wheel collapsed on landing rollout. Cable shearbolt had failed.
- [Incident 19900929053069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900929053069I), Sep 29, 1990: Beech E18S (N31M), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Pilot clipped the tail of a parked aircraft while taxiing to ramp.
- [Incident 19891024055409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891024055409I), Oct 24, 1989: Beech E18S (N31M), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Made a go-around as propeller tips struck runway. Landed safely on second try.
- [Incident 19830713046729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830713046729I), Jul 13, 1983: Beech E18S (N31M), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. Landed gear up.

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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