# Incident 19950506010819I: Beech STC18BEECH, Chicago/Aurora, IL, May 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1995, 20:59 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CHRA
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8711, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8711-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (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 STC18BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950506010819I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE RETRACT GEAR. RETURNED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. DEFECTIVE ROTATIONAL TORQUE PLATE. NEW PARTS UNAVAILABL

## Other reports on N8711 (2)

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

- [Incident 19850212012139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850212012139I), Feb 12, 1985: Beech E18S (N8711), Detroit, MI. Unsafe gear indication, manually extended. Throttle froze, fire in right engine. No fire evidence after landing.
- [Accident 19840407009121A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840407009121A), Apr 7, 1984: Beech E18S (N8711), Buellton, CA, Substantial damage. Struck another E18S N753CW while climbing on a converging course. Landed safely at nearby san ynez airport.

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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