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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · April 1, 1995

Date: April 1, 1995 · 09:45 local
Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N142S
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total

N142SRegistered now · Beech 58S/N TH-693 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

N142S was holding short of ry 31 at fxe. Tower cleared 142S for t/o. 142S entered ry. But instead of turning left onto ry heading, it went straight across runway threshold onto grassy area, about 100 yards, through a ditch and upward onto a ramp with parked aircraft, hitting another Beech baron which was unoccupied and parked. Both a/c had minor damage. A flight examiner with over 21 years experience was directly behind N142S awaiting take off in a Cessna 172. He was an eyewitness to the entire incident. He stated that 142S appeared to have power on during its excursion. Also an employee at the ramp office of million air was another eye witness of the entire incident. She also said a female passenger exit the cockpit of 142S after the collision. The female passenger was interviewed and stated that pilot of 142S shouted "I can't steer it". A/c was subsequently checked and found no mechanical defects appears to be caused by pilot inputs. Weather not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

N142S WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RY 31 AT FXE. TOWER CLEARED 142S FOR T/O. 142S ENTERED RY. BUT INSTEAD OF TURNING LEFT ONTO RY HEADING, IT WENT STRAIGHT ACROSS RUNWAY THRESHOLD ONTO GRASSY AREA, ABOUT 100 YARDS, THROUGH A DITCH AND UPWARD ONTO A RAMP WITH PARKED AIRCRAFT, HITTING ANOTHER BEECH BARON WHICH WAS UNOCCUPIED AND PARKED. BOTH A/C HAD MINOR DAMAGE. A FLIGHT EXAMINER WITH OVER 21 YEARS EXPERIENCE WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND N142S AWAITING TAKE OFF IN A CESSNA 172. HE WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT 142S APPEARED TO HAVE POWER ON DURING ITS EXCURSION. ALSO AN EMPLOYEE AT THE RAMP OFFICE OF MILLION AIR WAS ANOTHER EYE WITNESS OF THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. SHE ALSO SAID A FEMALE PASSENGER EXIT THE COCKPIT OF 142S AFTER THE COLLISION. THE FEMALE PASSENGER WAS INTERVIEWED AND STATED THAT PILOT OF 142S SHOUTED "I CAN'T STEER IT". A/C WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHECKED AND FOUND NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY PILOT INPUTS. WEATHER NOT A FACTOR.