- Date
- April 14, 2017, 22:00 local (Apr 15, 2017, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Richfield, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N481HCRaytheon B200
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170414006369A
- Case key
- 95013
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
The pilot’s failure to maintain separation from a fence post during taxi at night.
Findings · 3
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.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during taxi on a parking ramp at night, he decided to make a 180° left turn to position the airplane before picking up a patient. He added that, during the turn, the right wing impacted a fence post. The right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during taxi on a parking ramp at night he decided to make a 180° left turn to position the airplane before picking up a patient. He added that during the turn, the right wing impacted a fence post. The right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N481HC
- Reported as
- Raytheon B200 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB-1908
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 3,631.1
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PT6-42, 850 horsepower, turbo propPratt & Whitney PT6-42, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Ihc Health Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Ihc Health Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 2, 2017
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- RIF · Richfield, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RIF · Richfield Muni
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 29, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,300 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KMLF, 48 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 888 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.