19890126001509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Daytona Beach, FL · January 26, 1989

Date
January 26, 1989 · 20:40 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Spruce Creek Airport
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2860W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89LA073
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
28,000 total200 in this make and model75 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.

Elderly man drove his car down a taxiway at night and struck an aircraft taxiing for takeoff. Pilot stopped prior.

As the FAA filed it

ELDERLY MAN DROVE HIS CAR DOWN A TAXIWAY AT NIGHT AND STRUCK AN AIRCRAFT TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT STOPPED PRIOR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.