# NTSB FTW96LA227: Cessna 414, N414AW, Broomfield, CO, May 27, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1996, 11:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Coordinates: 39.890464, -105.110679 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8905&lon=-105.1107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW96LA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA227

## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to maintain adequate visual lookout by allowing his attention to be diverted.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - hangar/airport building

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414AW), registered now, S/N 4140520 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0520
- Airframe hours: 4852
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19960527046999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960527046999A), May 27, 1996: Cessna 414, Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. (-16) The pilot was distracted while taxiing between t-hangars.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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