20010521010129A

(.19)On may 21, 2001, at 0840 central daylight time, a Beech 76 airplane, N6003Y, registered to and operated by christiansen aviation, inc. of wilmington, Delaware, was substantially damaged when it struck a hangar while taxing at the Richard Lloyd Jones airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The certified flight instructor (CFI) pilot his student pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 code of federal regulations part 91 instructional flight. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident. The CFI reported that the right elevator struck the hangar while his student made a left hand turn during taxing. Both student and instructor secured the aircraft and had maintenance inspect the aircraft. The right horizontal stabilizer tip and the right horizontal elevator were damaged. (-23)the instructor stated that he and his student got into the aircraft and started the engines and told the student to go ahead and taxi out of the covered parking space. The instructor stated that he looked down at his kneeboard for a second when the student stopped after striking the aircrafts "t" tail on an upright support in the covered parking space. The purpose of the training flight was for the students multi-engine instrument rating. On the scene investigation revealed that the damage to the aircraft was limited to the tip of the right hand horizontal stabilizer, the elevator forward leading edge at the outboard end and the right hand elevator was buckled 24 inches from the tip. (.4) on may 21, 2001, at 0840 central daylight time, a Beech BE-76 airplane, N6003Y, registered to and operated by christiansen aviation, inc. of wilmington, Delaware, was substantially damaged when it struck a hangar while taxing at the Richard Lloyd Jones jr. airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and his pilot rated student were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 code of federal regulations part 91 instructional flight. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident. The CFI, who was seated in the right seat, reported that the right elevator of the airplane struck a hangar building when the pilot rated student made a left turn while com mencing to taxi. The CFI also reported that the flight was intended for his student to practice instrument approaches in a multi-engine airplane. The student held a private pilot certificate with ratings in single engine land and multi-engine land airplanes. The student's total accumulated flight time was 3,000 hours, of which 1,000 hours were in multi-engine airplanes. Examination of the airplane by an FAA airworthiness inspector revealed that the elevator was buckled. No other mechanical anomalies were noted or reported.