- Date
- May 4, 1993, 01:45 local (05:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksburg, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N130ATBeech B100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930504012249A
- Case key
- 11931
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the hangar. Contributing to the accident was the dark night.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After landing, the pilot proceeded to taxi the airplane and tried to find his destination fixed base operator. The pilot stated that because it was so early in the morning and dark, no one was there to assist him to the appropriate ramp, and the buildings were not identifiable. He stated he taxied the airplane to several wrong ramp areas and the last area dead ended with hangars on both sides. He stated he backed up the airplane, in reverse, and started to turn the airplane. Unbeknownst to the pilot, during the turn, the airplane's right elevator struck a hangar causing substantial damage. The damage was not noted until the pilot disembarked the airplane. The pilot wrote in the recommendations section of his accident report, 'upon landing at any unfamiliar airport go to the nearest ground personnel to get directions to the destination on the airport...if in a tight taxi situation stop the aircraft and get assistance.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N130AT
- Reported as
- Beech B100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BE-88
- Airframe hours
- 13,831
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331-6-252, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Roche Biomedical Lab. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Roche Biomedical Lab. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 28, 1993 · 143 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- Benedum Field
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,375 total · 604 in this make and model · 3,293 as pilot in command · 204 in the last 90 days · 67 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.