- Date
- June 17, 1986, 22:05 local (Jun 18, 1986, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N66345Beech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13312
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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
Object - signFactor
Other airport/runway maintenance - performedFactor
Became lost/disoriented - inattentiveCause
Analysis
During taxi for takeoff the plt inadvertently taxied onto an access road and struck and unlit sign. The taxiway had been resurfaced and no taxi guide lines had been repainted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66345
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2208
- Airframe hours
- 2,213
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Northstar Aviation
- Registered owner
- William L. Rank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1986 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- MWC · Lawrence J. Timmerman
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 6 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWC