# Incident 19990130015799I: Beech H18, Detroit, MI, January 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PHUA
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355C-2011-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130015799I

## Narrative

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

(-5)A LOSS OF POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE OCCURRED IMMEDATLEY AFTER TAKE OFF AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON REMINING RUNWAY.  WITH ALTITUDE VERT LOW AND SLOW AIRSPEED THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW AND BEFORE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED THE PROPELLERS AND BELLY ANTENNAS STRUCK THE PAVEMENT.  THE PILOT REACTED BY PULLING UP, THE LANDING GEAR THEN FULLY EXTENDED AND THE LANDING WAS ACCOMPHLISED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N355C (2)

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

- [Incident 19940607022869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940607022869I), Jun 7, 1994: Beech H18 (N355C), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed turning off on high speed taxiway on landing. Lost outboard bolt on gear retract extend rod end
- [Incident 19810711044939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711044939I), Jul 11, 1981: Beech STC18BEECH (N355C), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Distracted by approach book dropping on floor on appraoch. Retracted gear retrieving book. Gear up landing.

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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