- Date
- June 4, 1993, 04:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6349CBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930604016919A
- Case key
- 15724
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command was operating the airplane at an excessive taxi speed, and did not maintain visual separation with the tied down airplane. Factors contributing to the accident were a light rain and fog condition, and a foggy interior window.
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.
Analysis
The accident airplane was observed taxiing at a high rate of speed on the parking ramp prior to its collision with the tied down airplane. The witness stated he observed the brakes on the airplane lock up prior to the collision. The pilot stated he was not able to see the parked airplane due to light rain on the windshield, partially fogged interior windows, and parking ramp lighting. The pilot stated the tied down airplane was not in a lighted area. The on-scene investigation revealed the parked airplane was adjacent to a building which had operational ramp lighting at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6349C
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Beechcraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Executive Beechcraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- COU · Columbia, MO
- Airport
- MKC · Kansas City Downtown
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Observed at
- MKC, 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.