# Incident 19790120002449I: Beech E90, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, January 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4GN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4GN-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790120002449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO PIPE ON PARKING RAMP.

## Other reports on N4GN (1)

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

- [Accident 19800310008709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800310008709A), Mar 10, 1980: Beech E90 (N4GN), Flushing, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control on missed approach. Factors last minute ILS change, severe turbulence, pilot fatigue.

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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