# Incident 19960122007289I: Beech E18S, Texarkana, AR, January 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1996, 23:05 local time
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Airport: Texarkana Municipal Webb Fld
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4537° N, 93.9910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FLD (TXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4537&lon=-93.9910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3038C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3038C-2012-11-06) (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 E18S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960122007289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON JANUARY 22, 1996, AT 1705 CST, A BEECHCRAFT, MODEL 18, N3038C, REGISTERED TO MAY AIR EXPRESS LANDED GEAR-UP AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE AFTER A 14 CFR PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS LOCAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, THE TWO CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, JAN. 22, 1996, AT 1820 CST. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS & BOTH LOWER COWLINGS WERE DAMAGED. TEST AND RESEARCH: VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN LANDING GEAR LIFT LEG ASSEMBLY, P/N 404-188405-600, CAUSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO NOT LOCK DOWN. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3038C (1)

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

- [Accident 20090812048749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090812048749A), Aug 12, 2009: Beech E18S (N3038C), Eden Prairie, MN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft crashed outside of airport after takeoff. Aircraft burned on impact. Pilot logs burned in crash.

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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