# Incident 20080422835619I: Beech E18S, Honolulu, HI, April 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2008, 12:13 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K2AA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,172 total, 6,172 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080422835619I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20041224033889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041224033889I), Dec 24, 2004: Beech E18S (N231H), Kaunakakai, HI, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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