- Date
- March 8, 1993, 10:53 local (16:53 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N33CSBeech B90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930308004559A
- Case key
- 15683
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudging distance from the parked vehicle.
Sequence of events
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On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicle
Distance - misjudgedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated his atttention was diverted by cockpit tasks and radio communication as he taxied to the runway for departure. The airplane's wingtip clipped a fuel truck parked just off the taxiway to service another aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33CS
- Reported as
- Beech B90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-410
- Airframe hours
- 8,800
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Nkc Hospitals, Inc., doing business as Alliant Health Systems
- Registered owner
- Nkc Hospitals, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 18, 1993 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- CGX
- Destination
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CGX · Merrill C. Meigs
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,523 total · 372 in this make and model · 4,143 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGX, 1 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.