- Date
- May 27, 1996, 11:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N414AWCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960527046999A
- Case key
- 19850
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain adequate visual lookout by allowing his attention to be diverted.
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
While taxiing to the hangar after landing, the pilot's attention was diverted when he reached behind his seat to retrieve a checklist. Subsequently, the airplane collided with two hangars.
Factual narrative
On May 27, 1996, at 1156 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 414, N414AW, was substantially damaged while taxiing after landing at Broomfield, Colorado. The private pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an IFR flight plan had been filed. The flight was conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91, and originated at Scottsdale, Arizona, on May 27, 1996, approximately 0800 pacific daylight time.
The following is based on a telephone interview with the pilot, and reiterated in his written accident report. After landing on runway 11L, the pilot began taxiing on taxiway A4 to his hangar. As the airplane was taxiing, he reached behind his seat to retrieve a checklist. "When I turned around," he wrote, "I was crashing into two hangars. Definitely pilot error."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414AW
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0520
- Airframe hours
- 4,852
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward M. Iacino
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 21, 1996 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Destination
- BJC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BJC · Jefferson County
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 725 total · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.