- Date
- November 15, 1987, 07:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mokuleia, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N802HBeech D18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871115064959A
- Case key
- 25906
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that he had made a normal preflight, but after the acft had rolled about 200 to 250 ft on the takeoff roll, the nose gear collapsed. The acft came to rest with damage to the nose section, props & engs. Drg an inspn of the acft, the landing gear lever was found in the up position. The landing gear operated normally during a subsequent check of the system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802H
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A229
- Airframe hours
- 19,091
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Lanai Bird Inc, doing business as Scenic Air Tour
- Registered owner
- Lani Bird Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 12, 1987 · 5 hours before
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Airport
- HDH · Dillingham Airfield, runway 8, 9,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,576 total · 710 in this make and model · 7,576 as pilot in command · 218 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N802H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.