- Date
- April 4, 1992, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lamar, CO
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N137YVBeech 1900C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920404008769I
- Case key
- 18388
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain clearance. A factor was the bright sun.
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
During taxi operations with the captain at the controls the airplane struck another parked airplane, resulting in minor damage. The captain indicated his vision was momentarily obscured by sunglare.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N137YV
- Reported as
- Beech 1900C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UC-137
- Airframe hours
- 3,106
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-65B, 1,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Midwest Inc.
- Registered owner
- Beech Acceptance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 19, 1992 · 101 hours before
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LAA · Lamar
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,790 total · 335 in this make and model · 8,187 as pilot in command · 242 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.