- Date
- October 26, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5KWBeech 200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831026072849I
- Case key
- 24033
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Sequence of events
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On ground/water collision with object
Distance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
During taxi after landing the right wingtip hit a steel awning support.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5KW
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB 445
- Airframe hours
- 1,870
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Portland General Electric Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 5, 1983 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- PDX · Portland, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SFO · San Francisco Int'L
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,769 total · 800 in this make and model · 5,631 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at
- SFO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.