# Incident 19961220044969I: Beech G18S, El Dorado, AR, December 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1996, 09:05 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: Goodwin Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KVJA
- Location: 33.2190° N, 92.6641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2190&lon=-92.6641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9682R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9682R-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (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 G18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961220044969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED LIT FOR ELD ENROUTE NOTED RED GEAR LIGHT NOT ON, PRESS TO TEST, WORKED. USED EMERGENCY EXTENTION AT ELD DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN LIGHT. MADE PASS BY FIELD. OBSERVER'S SAID GEAR LOOKED DOWN. UPON LANDING GEAR FOLDED A/C LANDED ON BELLY, HAD SMALL FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, PILOT WAS UNINJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON AIRCRAFT ONCE IT IS MOVED TO HANGAR. M OR D TO FOLLOW.

## Other reports on N9682R (2)

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

- [Incident 19900224009649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900224009649I), Feb 24, 1990: Beech G18S (N9682R), Lubbock, TX. Lost directional control on rollout. Ground looped on runway right brake failed.
- [Incident 19791110055109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791110055109I), Nov 10, 1979: Beech E18S (N9682R), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Pilot unable to lower gear either electrically or manually, landed gear up. Clutch cable housing torn out of mount.

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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