# Incident 20021010036759I: Beech E18S, Ponce, Puerto Rico, October 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2002, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mercedita
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FIUA
- Location: 18.0088° N, 66.5645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCEDITA (PSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0088&lon=-66.5645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N728T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N728T-2018-01-26) (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: 1,006 total, 81 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021010036759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ALEDGED THAT WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP AT PONCE, P.R. HE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. HE INCREASED POWER ON LEFT ENGINE TO MAKE A TURN AND AS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO TURN, BRAKE OPERATION RESUMED. CONFIGURATION CAUSED THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL TO RISE BEFORE HE HAD TIME TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT AIRCRAFT NOSE OVER SLOWLY WITH ENGINE AT IDLE POWER ON IMPACT. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED AIRCRAFT TAXIING IN WITH TAIL UP.

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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