# Incident 19980120001409I: Beech E18S, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, January 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1998, 23:00 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980120001409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WHILE ON FINAL AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TRYING TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY WITH NO RESULTS, HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 18L AT DFW, GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N48M (1)

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

- [Accident 19960927029959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960927029959A), Sep 27, 1996: Beech E18S (N48M), Dewitt, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft diverted due to weather, landed, hydroplaned, and ran off end of runway.

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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