# Accident 20120512008919A: Beech B90, Savannah, GA, May 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2012, 08:00 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah-Hilton Head Island In
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1231° N, 81.3344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1231&lon=-81.3344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275LE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N275LE-2021-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (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 B90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,648 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA382) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512008919A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 12, 2012 A RAYTHEON BEECH KING AIR B90, (REGISTRATION NUMBER 275LE SERIAL NUMBER LJ-373), SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A TAXI MANEUVER IN WHICH THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STRUCK A HANGER DOOR WITH THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS TAXING IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT AT THE SAVANNAH-HILTON HEAD ISLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KSAV.  THE RIGHT WING REAR SPAR WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR WHICH NECESSITATED REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT WING.

## 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 ERA12CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA382), May 12, 2012: Beech B90 (N275LE), Savannah, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate visual lookout while taxiing near a hangar, which resulted in airplane's right wingtip impacting the hangar door.

## Other reports on N275LE (1)

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

- [Incident 19790124004049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790124004049I), Jan 24, 1979: Beech B90 (N275LE), Rockford, IL, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing in from landing was struck by a pickup truck, which had been traveling at a high rate of speed.

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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