# NTSB LAX86LA119: Beech E18S, N30Y, Kalaupapa, HI, February 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1986, 09:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Kalaupapa, HI
- Coordinates: 20.869703, -156.450393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8697&lon=-156.4504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25075
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25075/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA119

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed(vmc) - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED OFF THE END OF RWY 23 DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN APRX 300 FT DOWN THE 2,760 FOOT RWY HE RAISED THE FLAPS ALONG WITH THE NOSE OF THE ACFT TO SLOW DOWN. BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SKIDDED 2/3 THE WAY DOWN THE RWY AT WHICH TIME FULL PWR WAS APPLIED TO GO-AROUND. THE ACFT MUSHED OFF THE END OF THE RWY WHERE IT CONTACTED A ROCK PILE AND WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST CRASH FIRE. THE PLT REPORTED WINDS FROM 270 DEGS AT 10 KTS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N30Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BA-93
- Airframe hours: 5589
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Pacific Express, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 17, 1986, 35 hours before
- Departed: HON, HONOLULU, HI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LUP, Kalaupapa, runway 23, 2,760 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,328 total, 775 in this make and model, 775 as pilot in command, 152 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860213070629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860213070629A), Feb 13, 1986: Beech E18S, Kalaupapa, HI, Destroyed. Unable to stop aircraft on the runway. Late go around resulted in aircraft hitting ground. Destroyed by fire.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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