# Incident 19980828028519I: Beech E18S, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, August 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1998, 23:50 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HBCA
- 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: N4980V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4980V-2018-01-19) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828028519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT GEAR LOCKED LIGHT WAS ON AND GEAR WAS DOWN. ROLLED ABOUT 200 FT. THEN GEAR COLLAPSED. PROPELLER DAMAGE AND BOTH COWLING UNDERNEATH BOTH FLAPS WERE DAMAGED. GEAR SEEMS TO NOT LOCK OVER CENTER.

## Other reports on N4980V (6)

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

- [Accident 19971229046529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971229046529A), Dec 29, 1997: Beech E18S (N4980V), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative. (.4) two Beech E18S airplanes (from same operator) took off 10 minutes apart from the same location on a night cargo flight. They arrived 4…
- [Incident 19861224076649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861224076649I), Dec 24, 1986: Beech E18S (N4980V), Texarkana, AR, Minor damage. Fire in left engine en route. Engine shutdown. Safe landing. Primer line from carburetor to primer solenoid broken.
- [Incident 19860421023359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860421023359I), Apr 21, 1986: Beech E18S (N4980V), Columbia, MO, Minor damage. Wingtip struck rudder of parked 6888F during taxi for takeoff.
- [Incident 19851208069859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851208069859I), Dec 8, 1985: Beech E18S (N4980V), Antioch, CA, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Claimed to have green light after selecting down position. Damage to flaps, belly and propellers.
- [Accident 19830416014729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830416014729A), Apr 16, 1983: Beech E18S (N4980V), Davis, CA, Substantial damage. Inflight fire in right engine. Landed safely. Carburetor float fulcrum screw fell out. Fuel ignited by exhaust.
- [Incident 19781201022029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781201022029I), Dec 1, 1978: Beech 18/ (N4980V), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Pilot lost visual contact with runway during takeoff roll due to snow. Hit a snowbank and ground looped.

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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