# Accident 19891211058579A: Cessna 414, Bullhead City, AZ, December 11, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1989, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Bullhead/ Laughlin Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8247Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8247Q-2001-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891211058579A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND A VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. WAS REPORTED TO TAXI TOO FAST FOR THE AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX90LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA081), Dec 11, 1989: Cessna 414 (N8247Q), Bullhead City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN HIS AIRCRAFT AND GROUND OBJECTS DURING A TAXI TO THE RAMP AREA.

## Other reports on N8247Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20010328006029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010328006029A), Mar 28, 2001: Cessna 414 (N8247Q), Minneapolis, MN, No damage. (-23) A/c crashed about 1500 feet short of and slightly to the right of the centerline of runway 32R at mic during a circing manuever to that runway following…
- [Accident 19750529042809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750529042809A), May 29, 1975: Cessna 414 (N8247Q), IA, Substantial damage

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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