# Accident 19950305007629A: Beech 1900, Minneapolis, MN, March 5, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1995, 18:54 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 44.8806° N, 93.2196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8806&lon=-93.2196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N130UE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,982 total, 457 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950305007629A

## Narrative

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

DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC, STRUCK BAGGAGE CART IN A PARKING AREA. (-23) GREAT LAKES AVIATION FLT 6048, OPERATING AS UNITED EXPRESS, WAS INVOLVED IN A GROUND COLLISION WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING. AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE INNER RAMP AREA WHEN ITS NORMAL ROUTE WAS BLOCKED BY A NWA PLANE THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE RAMP AWAITING A GATE ASSIGNMENT. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY EXPRESS I WAS EXITING TAXIWAY E ONTO THE RAMP BEHIND THE NWA AIRCRAFT. PILOT OF GLA FLT 6048 ELECTED TO TAXI THROUGH THE PARKING AREA NORMALLY USED BY EXPRESS I TO GAIN ACCESS TO HIS ASSIGNED PARKING AREA. PILOT STATED HE HAD TURNED OFF HIS TAXI LIGHTS TO AVOID BLINDING OTHER PILOTS. RAMP LIGHTING WAS ON. NO AIRCRAFT WERE PARKED IN THE AREA THROUGH WHICH 6048 WAS TAXIING. THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER OF THE GLA AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN UNMANNED HAND BAGGAGE CART AND BOARDING STOOL THAT WAS IN THE PARKING AREA. THE EQUIPMENT IS NORMALLY LEFT IN THIS LOCATION IN ANTICIPATION OF ARRIVING AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED TO POLICE HE DID NOT REALIZE THE AREA THROUGH WHICH HE WAS TAXIING WAS A PARKING 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 CHI95LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA094), Mar 6, 1995: Beech 1900 (N130UE), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles during taxi operations. Related factors are the dark night light conditions and the wrong taxi route.

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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