38.3731° N, 81.5932° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 25, 1985 · 20:32 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Yeager
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MTNA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N993SB
Reported as
Beech C99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total166 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot turned off taxi light due to landing traffic. Aircraft struck unlighted construction barrels.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TURNED OFF TAXI LIGHT DUE TO LANDING TRAFFIC. AIRCRAFT STRUCK UNLIGHTED CONSTRUCTION BARRELS.