# NTSB BFO87FA065: Beech 58, N150TC, Baltimore, MD, September 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1987, 22:55 local (Sep 16, 1987, 02:55 UTC)
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Coordinates: 39.17052, -76.669395 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1705&lon=-76.6694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11293
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO87FA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11293/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA065

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - airport facilities,taxiway lighting - inadequate (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - electrical system,alternator - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing light(s) - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DUEL ALTERNATOR FAILURE OCCURRED ABT 13 MIN AFT DEPT. THE ACFT RETURNED AND LNDD UNEVENTFULLY. HOWEVER, WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE MAINT HGR THE PLT FAILED TO FOLLOW THE MARKED TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. CONSTRUCTION WAS TAKING PLACE ON THE ARPT AND THE TAXIWAY EDGE WAS MARKED WITH BARRICADES WITH LIGHTS ON TOP. SOME OF THE BARRICADES WERE FOUND KNOCKED DOWN AND SOME OF THE LIGHTS WERE HARD TO SEE IN THE DIRECTION FROM WHICH THE ACFT WAS COMING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N150TC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150TC-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N TH137 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-137
- Airframe hours: 6547
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Congressional Air Ltd
- Registered owner: Timothy F. Gorka
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 25, 1987, 14 hours before
- Destination: TETERBORO, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BWI, Baltimore-Washington Intl, runway 28, 9,452 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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.

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