# Accident 19960124000919A: Beech 58, Detroit, MI, January 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1996, 20:08 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EAPA
- Location: 42.2797° N, 83.5892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2797&lon=-83.5892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4108S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4108S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960124000919A

## Narrative

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

WAS TAXIING TO PARK AND RAN INTO A PARKED LEAK JET. (.4)THE PILOT WAS TAXIING ONTO A PARKING RAMP WHEN HIS AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT SAID A HANGAR ON THE RAMP'S EDGE HAD 15 FLOODLIGHTS ALONG ITS TOP EDGE, AND A DARK AREA ON ITS MIDDLE SECTION.  HE SAID THE FLOOD LIGHTS, HIS AIRPLANE'S TAXILIGHT, AND FALLING SNOW CAUSED LIGHT REFLECTION THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE PARKED AIRPLANE.  HE SAID THE DARK COLOR OF THE AIRPLANE HIS AIRPLANE STRUCK BLENDED IN WITH THE HANGAR'S DARK AREA.  AN FAA PMI CONFIRMED THE PILOT'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE FLOODLIGHTS AND THE FACT THAT NO TAXIWAY OR RAMP MARKINGS WERE AVAILABLE.         (-23) SEE NARRATIVE #CHI96LA081.

## 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 CHI96LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA081), Jan 25, 1996: Beech 58 (N4108S), Yipsilanti, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: was the pilot not maintaining visual separation with the parked airplanes. A factor in this accident was the pilot's over- confidence in his personal ability to taxi onto the parking ramp with the…

## Other reports on N4108S (2)

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

- [Incident 19991021042279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991021042279I), Oct 21, 1999: Beech 58 (N4108S), Freeport, IL, Minor damage. (-23)The pilot executed a landing on runway 18 at dorninick field (C86) a grass runway. The aircraft landed hard and drifted to the east side of the runway and…
- [Incident 19880425018289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880425018289I), Apr 25, 1988: Beech 58 (N4108S), Gainesville, TX. Power lost in right engine. Engine shut down. Found right hand engine mixture cable control assembly broken.

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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