# NTSB LAX84IA036: Beech 200, N5KW, San Francisco, CA, October 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Coordinates: 37.609569, -122.380142 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6096&lon=-122.3801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24033
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84IA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24033/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA036

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING THE RIGHT WINGTIP HIT A STEEL AWNING SUPPORT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5KW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB 445
- Airframe hours: 1870
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831026072849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831026072849I), Oct 26, 1983: Beech 200BEECH, San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Struck a building pillar while attempting to park aircraft. Misjudged the wingtip distance from the pillar.

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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