# Incident 19870102001419I: Beech H18, Los Angeles, CA, January 2, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1987, 19:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7969K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7969K-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (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 H18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,195 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102001419I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI. NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF BEARINGS. AIRCRAFT SUSPECTED TO BE OUT OF ANNUAL.

## Other reports on N7969K (3)

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

- [Accident 19970222001729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970222001729A), Feb 22, 1997: Beech H18 (N7969K), Honolulu, HI, Destroyed. According to the load mainfest, the airplane was loaded with U.S. Mail and freight within 57 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight, and about 3 inches forward…
- [Incident 19950522021539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950522021539I), May 22, 1995: Beech H18 (N7969K), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Rolled sharply after liftoff. Scraped wing tip. Aborted. 737 had just departed. Counseled on wake turbulence.
- [Incident 19900828042799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900828042799I), Aug 28, 1990: Beech H18 (N7969K), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on rollout. Broken drag link was cause of partial gear collapse.

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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