- Date
- April 7, 1988, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pineville, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N340FBCessna 340
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880407012649A
- Case key
- 11407
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain clearance from obstacles while taxiing the aircraft.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff the acft contacted a sagging wire which was suspended by two hangars. The top 2 inches of the rudder were severed. The plt was unaware of the wire contact and flew onto his destination where a lineman informed the plt of the damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N340FB
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340-0098
- Airframe hours
- 3,013
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William B. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987 · 67 hours before
- Destination
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Airport
- I16 · Welch
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKW, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.