# NTSB ERA12CA382: Beech B90, N275LE, Savannah, GA, May 12, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 12, 2012, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC) - Place: Savannah, GA - Coordinates: 32.123054, -81.334442 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1231&lon=-81.3344&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 7, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 83860 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12CA382 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83860/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83860 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA382 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain adequate visual lookout while taxiing near a hangar, which resulted in airplane's right wingtip impacting the hangar door. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Towing and taxiing: taxiing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010920): Aircraft › Aircraft handling/service · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010920/cases.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010920/cases.md) - [Action: incomplete action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040/cases.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 105 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, he taxied his airplane between a parked airplane to his left and a hangar to his right. After clearing the parked airplane, he was looking left in anticipation of a turn in that direction, and the right wingtip of his airplane struck the hangar door, incurring damage to the aft right wing spar. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, he taxied his airplane between a parked airplane to his left and a hangar to his right. After clearing the parked airplane, and as he was looking toward his left in anticipation of a turn in that direction, the right wingtip of his airplane struck the hangar door, incurring damage to the aft right wing spar. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N275LE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N275LE-2021-01-19), registration cancelled 2021-01-19, S/N LJ-373, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B90 - Registry model: [Beech B90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (registry code 1152912) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: LJ-373 - Airframe hours: 12303 - Engines: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 550 horsepower turbo prop; P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 550 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Operator: Riddell Enterprises - Registered owner: Riddell Enterprises - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, April 12, 2012 - Departed: FFC, Peachtree City, GA - Destination: SAV, Savannah, GA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: SAV, Savannah/Hilton Head Internati ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 3, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 4,649 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 3,498 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.26 inHg - Observed at: SAV ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20120512008919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512008919A), May 12, 2012: Beech B90, Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. On may 12, 2012 a Raytheon Beech king air B90, (registration number 275LE serial number LJ-373), sustained substantial damage during a taxi maneuver in which… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 7, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83860. 3.3 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40370154&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Pilot Statement (item 2, .PDF, 18 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40369625&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%20Statement-Master.PDF - Photo 1: Damage to Right Wing Rear Spar (Courtesy of Operator) (item 3, .PDF, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40369627&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Damage%20to%20Right%20Wing%20Rear%20Spar%20(Courtesy%20of%20Operator)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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