- Date
- August 24, 1989, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4534SBeech A-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890824031799A
- Case key
- 8056
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from other parked aircraft while taxiing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff, a Beech A-36 collided with a parked Cessna 425. The Beech sustained substantial structural damage to the left wing assembly. The parked aircraft received minor damage to its radome. The pilot stated that he was on the yellow taxi line and the Cessna was about 14 feet forward of the normally parked position. However, a review of photographs of the mishap, disclosed that the pilot had ample clearance on the right side of the yellow line to maneuver around the parked airplane and avoid the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4534S
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-743
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mitchell Budman
- Registered owner
- Robert Marmon/Mitchell Budman
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1988
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- JZI · Charleston Exec.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.