# NTSB GAA18CA528: Beech 200, N97WC, Burbank, CA, September 3, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 3, 2018, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC) - Place: Burbank, CA - Coordinates: 34.200553, -118.358612 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2006&lon=-118.3586&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 20, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 98232 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18CA528 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98232/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98232 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA528 ## Probable cause The flight instructor's and pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while taxiing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi-from runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) - [Taxi-from runway: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B200, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that, with the pilot receiving instruction on the controls and while taxiing to parking, ground personnel instructed them to turn 180º and then park. The instructor added that, during the right turn, after clearing a vehicle, he saw a tree and tried to apply brakes, but the airplane impacted the tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The operator's director of maintenance reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The flight instructor reported that, with the pilot receiving instruction on the controls, they were instructed by ground personnel to "do a 180º turn and park." During the right turn, after clearing a vehicle, the left wing struck a tree. Prior to impact, the flight instructor saw the tree and tried to apply brakes. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N97WC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97WC), registered now, S/N BB-1382, built 1990 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 200 (B200) - Registry model: [Beech B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (registry code 1152922) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: BB-1382 - Year built: 1990 - Airframe hours: 10476.7 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42 900 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt and Whitney PT6A-42 900 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Operator: West Coast Charters, Inc, doing business as West Coast Aviation Services - Registered owner: West Coast Aircraft Shares Llc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, May 25, 2018 - Departed: SNA, Santa Ana, CA - Destination: BUR, Burbank, CA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: BUR, Bob Hope - Equipment: Auto-pilot, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 25, 2018; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 122,017 total, 594 in this make and model, 5,304 as pilot in command, 185 in the last 90 days, 65 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Other flight crew; age 36; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 17, 2017; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,275 total, 8 in this make and model, 1,196 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.81 inHg - Observed at: KBUR ## 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 20180903013059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180903013059A), Sep 3, 2018: Beech B200, Burbank, CA, Substantial damage. While taxiing onto the ramp after landing, the aircraft struck a palm tree with the leading edge of the left wing; about one foot in from the wing tip. The… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 5, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98232. 4.0 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40478634&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Accident Photos (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 237 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40478635&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos-Master.PDF 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. 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