# Incident 19990806010929I: Beech E18S, Fort Smith, AR, August 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1999, 05:50 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HBCA
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B (registry code 51654, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-an-14b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 350 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/19990806010929I

## Narrative

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

SPRINGDALE AIR SERVICE CARGO ACFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKE-OFF, AND THE ACFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RWY AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE 2 CREWMEMBERS, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON AUGUST 6, 1999, AT 06:12 MR. MARK MYERS, A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A DEPARTURE AT FSM IN A BEECH 18 REGISTERED TO SPRINGDALE AIR SERVICE IN SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MPH OR JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RWY 7 CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLERS WERE DESTROYED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS FIRST OFFICER.  SUBSEQUENT TROUBLESHOOTING AND MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY DISCREPANCY OR ABNORMAL CONDITION PRESENT IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N210Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20260802008759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260802008759A), Aug 2, 2026: Beech E18S (N210Q), Guymon, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 2, 2026, at approximately 16:06 CDT (2106Z), a BE-E18S bearing registration number [privacy data omitted], crashed shortly after takeoff from runway…
- [Incident 20020726023859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726023859I), Jul 26, 2002: Beech E18S (N210Q), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed sugarland municipal airport (sgr) and conducted aerial application operations. Upon return to sugarland the pilot placed the gear…

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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