# Incident 20130903019019I: Beech G18S, Kwethluk, AK, September 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2013, 14:45 local time
- Place: Kwethluk, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: R59C
- Location: 60.7936° N, 161.4308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kwethluk, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7936&lon=-161.4308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233H-2019-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (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 G18S
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130903019019I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 19R IN BETHEL, AK ENROUTE TO KWETHLUK, AK. PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 IN KWETHLUK AND AFTER LANDING APPLIED BRAKES. APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE PILOT LOST RIGHT BRAKING POWER, ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKES BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND IS STUCK IN THE MUD. AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED YET TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

## Other reports on N233H (1)

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

- [Incident 20100615035629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100615035629I), Jun 15, 2010: Beech G18S (N233H), Napakiak, AK, Minor damage. As aircraft settled onto the runway for landing, landing gear collapsed. Aircraft sustained damage to the propellers and minor damage to the flaps.

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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