- Date
- January 15, 2001, 17:30 local (Jan 16, 2001, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N63BDCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flt Stnds Dist. Office
- FAA report
- 20010115003069A
- Case key
- 50927
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from buildings during taxi.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, upon exiting the runway, he made too wide a turn onto the taxiway and then did not correct quickly enough to avoid striking a hangar with the left wingtip.
Factual narrative
On January 15, 2001, at 1730 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna TR182, N63BD, was substantially damaged when the left wing struck a hangar while taxiing to parking after landing at Buchanan Field, Concord, California. The private pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local area personal flight. The flight was operated by the owner under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed from Concord at 1630.
In his report to the Safety Board, the pilot reported making a wide turn onto the taxiway and said he then did not correct quickly enough to avoid striking the hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63BD
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201067
- Airframe hours
- 2,079
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin A. Yanes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 2000 · 9.5 hours before
- Departed
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan Field, runway 32R, 4,601 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- September 2, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 113 in this make and model · 347 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- CCR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.