# Accident 20090322003909A: Beech 200BEECH, Las Vegas, NV, March 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2009, 19:05 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N9DA
- Location: 35.9722° N, 115.1369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9722&lon=-115.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N257NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257NA-2009-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,658 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090322003909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 22,2008, ABOUT 1905 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 200, N257A, COLLIDED WITH A TREE WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING AT HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (HND), LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.  SOUTHERN NEVADA JET CHARTER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE AS AN ON-DEMAND AIR TAXI FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 135.  THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND COPILOT, AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT (APC), NAPA, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 1700. VMC PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PILOT REPORTED LANDING THE AIRPLANE ON RWY 35L AND TAXIING TO THE OPERATOR'S HANGAR LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.  AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE HANGAR RAMP HE OBSERVED A TUG WAITING FOR HIM.  HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT ALIGNING IT WITH THE TUG AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A TREE LOCATED AT SOUTHEAST THE CORNER OF THE HANGAR.  THE TUG OPERATOR REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRPLANE APPROACH THE HANGAR RAMP FROM THE NORTH.  HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TURNING TO THE WEST, BUT THE TURN WAS 'TOO TIGHT'.  HE SIGNALED FOR THE AIRPLANE TO STOP, AND THEN OBSERVED THE RIGHT WING COLLIDE WITH THE TREE.

## 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 WPR09FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA165), Mar 23, 2009: Beech 200 (N257NA), Henderson, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to monitor and maintain clearance from an obstacle during taxi.

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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