- Date
- May 4, 1983, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N821BEBeech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830504018099A
- Case key
- 12162
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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
Weather condition - rainFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
The acft collided with another parked and unoccupied acft while parking. The tail of the moving Beechcraft was damaged substantially. Damage to the parked acft was minor. The weather was VMC but a light rain was falling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N821BE
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-593
- Airframe hours
- 34
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- One Ten Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 578 total · 34 in this make and model · 371 as pilot in command · 138 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.