# Accident 19981026030399A: Cessna 208B, Lahaina, HI, October 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1998, 07:09 local time
- Place: Lahaina, HI
- Airport: Kapalua-West Maui Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSYA
- Location: 20.9629° N, 156.6730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.9629&lon=-156.6730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N860FE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981026030399A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, ACFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIE OF THE RWY AND CAME TO REST IN A PINEAPPLE FIELD.(.19) ON OCTOBER 26, 1998, AT 0709 HOURS HAWAIIAN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 208B, N860FE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 02 AND IMPACTED TREES DURING LANDING AT THE KAPALUA (WEST MAUI) AIRPORT, LAHAINA, HAWAII. THE COMMERCIAL LICENSED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE NONSCHEDULED CARGO FLIGHT WHICH OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 BY CORPORATE AIR, INC., WITH CALL SIGN AIRSPUR 8597. (-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER A NORMAL TOUCH DOWN UNDER LIGHT WIND CONDITIONS THE RIGHT WING APPEARED TO RISE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT EXITING THE RUNWAY, SKIDDY ON IT'S BAGGAGE POD, THE AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT COMING TO REST AT THE BOTTOM. THE AIRCRAFT AS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA016), Oct 26, 1998: Cessna 208B (N860FE), Lahaina, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Structural failure of the main landing gear strut due to metallurgical fatigue. The fatigue cracks originated at an internal structural flaw placed in the part during manufacture.

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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