- Date
- September 30, 1989, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Cajon, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9465HBeech D175N711MHStolp Starduster SA300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890930065381A19890930065382A
- Case key
- 26141
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of the other aircraft (N9645H).
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of N9645H.
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 of N9465H had just deplaned his passengers and was taxiing to the southeast side of the airport when the airplane struck the empennage of N711MH, a homebuilt stolp-starduster SA300. N711MH was at the hold lines of runway 27R awaiting takeoff clearance. Both airplanes were configured with conventional landing gear (taildragger types). The pilot of N9465H reported that he did not see N711MH because his airplane was a taildragger nor did he report that he used 's' turning procedures while taxiing.
The pilot of N9465H had just deplaned his passengers and was taxiing to the southeast side of the airport when the airplane struck the empennage of N711MH, a homebuilt stolp-starduster SA300. N711MH was at the hold lines of runway 27R awaiting takeoff clearance. Both airplanes were configured with conventional landing gear (taildragger types). The pilot of N9465H reported that he did not see N711MH because his airplane was a taildragger nor did he report that he used 's' turning procedures while taxiing.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N9465H
- Reported as
- Beech D175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6898
- Airframe hours
- 832
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert C. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 4, 1989 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- SEE · Gillespie Field, runway 27R, 5,341 × 100 ft, concrete
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.
- Registration
- N711MH
- Reported as
- Stolp Starduster SA300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 251
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Armin H. Holle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1989 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- SEE · Gillespie Field, runway 27R, 5,341 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N9465H
- Age
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,600 total · 143 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N711MH
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,480 total · 1,730 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEE, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9465H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.