# NTSB LAX88LA044: Beech D18S, N802H, Mokuleia, HI, November 15, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 15, 1987, 07:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Coordinates: 21.350465, -157.880554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3505&lon=-157.8806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25906
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25906/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA044

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802H-1988-07-11), registration cancelled 1988-07-11, S/N A229 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A229
- Airframe hours: 19091
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871115064959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871115064959A), Nov 15, 1987: Beech D18S, Mokuleia, HI, Substantial damage. Inadvertently retracted the landing gear on the takeoff roll. The nose gear retracted. Aircraft skidded to a stop.

## Other investigations on N802H (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI67F0134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0134), Aug 16, 1966: Beech D18S (N802H), Sugar Grove, IL, substantial damage

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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