# Incident 20010122001549I: Beech E18S, Duluth, MN, January 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2001, 19:45 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Duluth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N6VA
- Location: 46.8421° N, 92.1932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DULUTH INTL (DLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8421&lon=-92.1932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16U-2026-05-25) (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 R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010122001549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1-21-01 AT 1945 CST AT DULUTH, MN. N16U, BEECH E18S, OPERATED BY NAVAIR, INC. (N6VA) UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, ON-DEMAND CARGO WAS DEPARTING FROM RWY. 27. THE A/C IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED AND THE INSPECTION STATUS IS CURRENT. THE CREW (2) IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED AND CURRENT. UPON THE TAIL LIFTING A NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE A/C SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY. UPON CONTACT WITH THE CONCRETE RUNWAY NOTICABLE DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE PROPELLERS AND AN ANTENNA MAST WAS BROKEN. PROBABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE RESULTED. NO FIRE. NO INJURIES, AND THE ELT DID NOT SOUND. THE CREW STATED, "THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS OBSERVED IN THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION UPON STOPPING ON THE RUNWAY. THE A/C HAD NO RECENT LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS. WE MAY HAVE BUMPED THE GEAR HANDLE PRIOR TO TAKE OFF".

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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