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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Beech B200 · Naples, FL · January 2, 2001

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Date
January 2, 2001 · 14:00 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45CF
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA01LA054
Reported as
Beech B200
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,168 total23 in this make and model895 in the last 90 days
N45CFRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2006 · Beech 200S/N BB-736 · Built 1980Airframe modelBeech 200Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While taxiing from its tie down spot, a right turn was intiated to align with the taxiway leading to the active runway. The right horizontal stablilized leading edge hit a light pole. The impact twisted the vertical stabilizer spars beyond repair. Both the horizontal and vertical stabilizer have taken a left set. (.4) the airplane was parked by an unknown person from Naples airport authority after landing several days earlier and according to personnel from the Naples airport authority, remained in the same position that it had been parked from then to the arrival of the pilot to depart on the accident date. The pilot stated that personnel from Naples airport authority were busy and unable to take several passengers to the airplane from the fixed base operator (FBO). During the preflight, he noted the light pole was just behind the outboard side of the right wing. He obtained his IFR clearance and was cleared to taxi. He began to taxi without a marshaller and with a row of airplanes ahead of his location, he initiated an immediate left turn to maintain right wingtip clearance with parked airplanes. During the turn, the rig ht horizontal stabilizer contacted the light pole. Individuals nearby who witnessed the collision ran near the airplane and got the pilots attention who then secured the airplane. According to a federal aviation administration airworthiness inspector who examined the airplane, the leading edge of the right horizontal stabilizer and the forward and aft spars of the vertical stabilizer were damaged. Examination of the area where the airplane had been parked revealed double concentric circles pole painted on the ramp centered on the light pole; the outer circle had a radius of approximately 32 feet. Radial lines were painted on the ramp from the base of the light pole to the inner circle line. A north/south oriented taxiway line west of where the airplane had been parked was blacked out; no leadout line was noted from the spot where the airplane had been parked forward to the blacked out taxiway line.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING FROM ITS TIE DOWN SPOT, A RIGHT TURN WAS INTIATED TO ALIGN WITH THE TAXIWAY LEADING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABLILIZED LEADING EDGE HIT A LIGHT POLE. THE IMPACT TWISTED THE VERTICAL STABILIZER SPARS BEYOND REPAIR. BOTH THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZER HAVE TAKEN A LEFT SET. (.4) THE AIRPLANE WAS PARKED BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON FROM NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY AFTER LANDING SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER AND ACCORDING TO PERSONNEL FROM THE NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY, REMAINED IN THE SAME POSITION THAT IT HAD BEEN PARKED FROM THEN TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE PILOT TO DEPART ON THE ACCIDENT DATE. THE PILOT STATED THAT PERSONNEL FROM NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY WERE BUSY AND UNABLE TO TAKE SEVERAL PASSENGERS TO THE AIRPLANE FROM THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO). DURING THE PREFLIGHT, HE NOTED THE LIGHT POLE WAS JUST BEHIND THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING. HE OBTAINED HIS IFR CLEARANCE AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI. HE BEGAN TO TAXI WITHOUT A MARSHALLER AND WITH A ROW OF AIRPLANES AHEAD OF HIS LOCATION, HE INITIATED AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN TO MAINTAIN RIGHT WINGTIP CLEARANCE WITH PARKED AIRPLANES. DURING THE TURN, THE RIG HT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONTACTED THE LIGHT POLE. INDIVIDUALS NEARBY WHO WITNESSED THE COLLISION RAN NEAR THE AIRPLANE AND GOT THE PILOTS ATTENTION WHO THEN SECURED THE AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR WHO EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE FORWARD AND AFT SPARS OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED. EXAMINATION OF THE AREA WHERE THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN PARKED REVEALED DOUBLE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES POLE PAINTED ON THE RAMP CENTERED ON THE LIGHT POLE; THE OUTER CIRCLE HAD A RADIUS OF APPROXIMATELY 32 FEET. RADIAL LINES WERE PAINTED ON THE RAMP FROM THE BASE OF THE LIGHT POLE TO THE INNER CIRCLE LINE. A NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED TAXIWAY LINE WEST OF WHERE THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN PARKED WAS BLACKED OUT; NO LEADOUT LINE WAS NOTED FROM THE SPOT WHERE THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN PARKED FORWARD TO THE BLACKED OUT TAXIWAY LINE.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB MIA01LA054Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNaples, FLThe failure of the pilot to obtain assistance from the FBO in the form of a marshaller and failure of the pilot to maintain clearance resulting in the on-ground collision with the light pole.Jan 2, 2001 · Substantial damage