# Incident 19790124004049I: Beech B90, Rockford, IL, January 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1979, 17:15 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275LE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N275LE-2021-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (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 B90
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 120 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/19790124004049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING IN FROM LANDING WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK, WHICH HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

## Other reports on N275LE (1)

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

- [Accident 20120512008919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512008919A), May 12, 2012: Beech B90 (N275LE), Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. On may 12, 2012 a Raytheon Beech king air B90, (registration number 275LE serial number LJ-373), sustained substantial damage during a taxi maneuver in which…

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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