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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Honolulu, HI · April 22, 2008

Date: April 22, 2008 · 12:13 local
Place: Honolulu, HI
Airport: Honolulu International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: K2AA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N231H
Reported as: Beech E18S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,172 total6,172 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N231HRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2020 · Beech E18SS/N BA-281 · Built 1957 Airframe modelBeech E18S Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-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 & the left MLG to trail freely in flight. Upon landing, the left MLG collapsed and the aircraft landed on its belly. The left propeller struck the ground with both blades. The right engine was not running & the propeller was feathered upon landing. One blade tip on the right propeller did sustain slight damage as it scrapped the ground during the belly landing. Airport fire fighting units responded and agent was dispursed due to flames visible from the port side of left engine.

As the FAA filed it

(-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 & THE LEFT MLG TO TRAIL FREELY IN FLIGHT. UPON LANDING, THE LEFT MLG COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY. THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND WITH BOTH BLADES. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING & THE PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED UPON LANDING. ONE BLADE TIP ON THE RIGHT PROPELLER DID SUSTAIN SLIGHT DAMAGE AS IT SCRAPPED THE GROUND DURING THE BELLY LANDING. AIRPORT FIRE FIGHTING UNITS RESPONDED AND AGENT WAS DISPURSED DUE TO FLAMES VISIBLE FROM THE PORT SIDE OF LEFT ENGINE.

Other reports on N231H · 2

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

Incident 20041224033889IGo Round (Aborted VFR) · Kaunakakai, HI(-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…Dec 24, 2004 · Minor damage Incident 19810826079559IRio Grande, Puerto RicoStolen aircraft landed on a sand road by unknown persons. Minor damage to tail gear, left aileron, right wing tip.Aug 26, 1981 · Minor damage