# Accident 20010102000019A: Beech B200, Naples, FL, January 2, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1525° N, 81.7756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1525&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45CF-2006-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,168 total, 23 in this make and model, 895 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010102000019A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 MIA01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA054), Jan 2, 2001: Beech 200 (N45CF), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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.

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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