# Incident 19960213004589I: Beech G18S, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1996, 17:07 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IMYA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353T-1998-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,606 total, 155 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960213004589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NOTIFIED BY SO. R.O.C. ON 2/13/96 AT 2107Z THAT A BEECH 18, BELONGING TO TOL AIR SERVICES, INC., DID A GROUND LOOP TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY AT ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I. AFTER LANDING, KNOCKING DOWN A TAXI LIGHT AND SIGN. CONDUCTED A RAMP CHECK (1622) OF THIS AIRMAN AND AIRCRAFT UPON ITS RETURN TO SAN JUAN, P.R. AFTER NOTING A SMALL HOLE IN THE LEFT VERTICAL FIN NEXT TO A SCRATCH, THE ABOVE PILOT STATED THAT HIS LEFT BRAKE FAILED CAUSING AN UN-COMMANDED RIGHT TURN, STRIKING BOTH A TAXI LIGHT AND SIGN. HE BELIEVED HE STRUCK THESE OBJECTS WITH HIS TAIL WHEEL. HE SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED ST. THOMAS, (TIST) FOR SAN JUAN, (SJU) WITHOUT CORRECTING THIS DISCREPANCY (THE BRAKE FAILURE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE FIN) OR ENTERING IT IN THE MAINTENANCE LOG BOOK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N353T (1)

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

- [Accident 19961211039169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961211039169A), Dec 11, 1996: Beech G18S (N353T), Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed in caribbean. Loose engine cowl. Feathered a no no. will fly engine running. Not recovered. History of same

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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