19941026043239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D18S · Beef Island, Puerto Rico · October 26, 1994

Date
October 26, 1994 · 15:00 local
Place
Beef Island, Puerto Rico
Airport
Beef Island
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FITA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N398B
Reported as
Beech D18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total10,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Downdraft short final. Struck gear on runway threshold. Blew tire. Bounced came down and ground looped. Windshear NOTAM

As the FAA filed it

DOWNDRAFT SHORT FINAL.STRUCK GEAR ON RUNWAY THRESHOLD.BLEW TIRE.BOUNCED CAME DOWN AND GROUND LOOPED.WINDSHEAR NOTAM