# Incident 20010719018679I: Beech E18S, London, KY, July 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2001, 13:25 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Macgee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VLLA
- Location: 37.1184° N, 84.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of London, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1184&lon=-84.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8627A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8627A) (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*
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 60 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/20010719018679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 1400' BEYOND THRESHOLD. BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT OF CENTER.  PILOT STATED HE ADDED LEFT THROTTLE AND RIGHT RUDDER TO CENTER UP AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT ON THE GRASS AND SKIDDED ACROSS A DRAINAGE DITCH.  THE WEATHER CONDITION WAS HEAVY RAIN.  PILOT SUSPECTS HYDROPLANING OCCURRED.

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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