- Date
- June 21, 2018, 19:30 UTC
- Place
- Chester, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6KGBeech V35B
- Defining event
- Taxi: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180621008389A
- Case key
- 97568
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a hangar during taxi.
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
According to the pilot, during taxi to his hangar, the airplane's left wingtip struck the east-facing wall of a hangar. The airplane pivoted about the left wing and entered the hangar before it came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. The pilot asserted that the accident could have been prevented if he had monitored the distance from the airplane's wingtip to the hangar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during taxi to his hangar the airplane's left wing tip struck the east facing wall of a hangar. The airplane pivoted about the left wing and entered the hangar before it came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. The pilot asserted that the accident could have been prevented had he monitored the distance from the airplane's wingtip to the hangar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6KG
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9760
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 2018
- Departed
- MVY · Vineyard Haven, MA
- Destination
- MVY · Vineyard Haven, MA
- Airport
- SNC · Chester
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder
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
- 91
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- August 7, 2016
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 5,078 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 4,900 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Observed at
- KSNC
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 11, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB 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.