# Incident 20041224033889I: Beech E18S, Kaunakakai, HI, December 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2004, 06:30 local time
- Place: Kaunakakai, HI
- Airport: Molokai Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K2AA
- Location: 21.1529° N, 157.0963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOLOKAI (MKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1529&lon=-157.0963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231H-2020-01-31) (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: 25,126 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041224033889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LATE FINAL AT MOLOKAI AIRPORT (MKK) THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS UNSAFE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DO A WAVEOFF, HIT BOTH PROPELLERS ON THE GROUND DURING THE GO-AROUND MANEUVER, AND RETURNED TO THE HONOLULU AIRPORT WHICH WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES DISTANCE. PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION TO MKK TOWER AND THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO HNL. PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BACK AT HNL. PILOT WAS WEARING A NOISE CANCELLING HEADSET.

## Other reports on N231H (2)

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

- [Incident 20080422835619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080422835619I), Apr 22, 2008: Beech E18S (N231H), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23) Left main landing gear retract chain broke at the top of retraction after take-off. This caused the right MLG & tail lg to be jammed in the up position &…
- [Incident 19810826079559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826079559I), Aug 26, 1981: Beech E18S (N231H), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Stolen aircraft landed on a sand road by unknown persons. Minor damage to tail gear, left aileron, right wing tip.

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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