- Date
- October 13, 2022, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2889WBeech B-60
- Defining event
- Taxi: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20221013018409A
- Case key
- 106153
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot did not ensure adequate clearance from construction vehicles during taxi.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported while taxiing at an uncontrolled airport, he observed that a construction crew was working on both sides of the taxiway. Approaching the construction area, the pilot turned right to avoid a skid loader that was in motion on the left side of the taxiway. The airplane struck a pickup truck on the right side of the taxiway, in which the which the right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2889W
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-249
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540/C12, 380 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2022
- Departed
- 1F4 · Madill, OK
- Destination
- 1F0 · Ardmore, OK
- Airport
- 1F0 · Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 85
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 18, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- K1F0
- METAR
- K1F0 131955Z AUTO 03007KT 300V060 10SM CLR 25/M03 A3007 RMK AO2 T02481027
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 21, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.