- Date
- June 28, 2015, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi-to runway: Ground collisionTaxi-to runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA reports
- 20150628008412A20150628008402A
- Case key
- 91460
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
While taxiing as a flight of two, the pilot of the blue Beechcraft became distracted and impacted the red Beechcraft which had stopped.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
N114H · Beech D17S
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
N114H · Beech D17S
N16M · Beech D17S
Analysis
While taxiing as a flight of two, the pilot of the red Beechcraft stopped his airplane so that he could conduct a run-up of the engine. The pilot of the blue Beechcraft lost visual contact with the red Beechcraft while changing frequencies on his radio and impacted the left aft section of the red Beechcraft, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. Both of the pilots reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframes or engines that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
While taxing as a flight of two, the pilot of the red Beechcraft stopped his airplane so that he could conduct a run-up of the engine. The pilot of the blue Beechcraft lost visual contact with the red Beechcraft while changing frequencies on his radio and impacted the left aft section of the red Beechcraft, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. Both of the pilots reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframes or engines that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N114H
- Reported as
- Beech D17S (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327
- Built
- 1939
- Airframe hours
- 4,590
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R985 AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoff Robert A
- Registered owner
- Hoff Robert A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 2015
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Destination
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport
- IDA · Idaho Falls Rgnl
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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.
- Registration
- N16M
- Reported as
- Beech D17S (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6756
- Built
- 1944
- Airframe hours
- 2,680
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 AN-1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jacobsen Chris
- Registered owner
- Jacobsen Chris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2015
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Destination
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport
- IDA · Idaho Falls Rgnl
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N114H
- Age
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 13, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 4,713 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 4,525 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N16M
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 16, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,223 total · 1,256 in this make and model · 1,851 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- KIDA
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 21, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.