- Date
- October 25, 1989, 06:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ontario, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19891025059011A19891025059012A
- Case key
- 26687
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper use of the brakes by the pilot of the Piper PA-31.
Improper use of brakes by the pilot of the Piper PA-31.
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
Both company aircraft were holding short of the runway, with the engines running, awaiting their seperate takeoff clearances. Beech C-99, N1088X, was ahead of Piper PA-31-350, N4098A. The pilot of the Piper PA-31-350 stated that his food slipped off the brake pedal and his aircraft rolled forward, striking the empennage of the Beech C-99.
Both company aircraft were holding short of the runway, with the engines running, awaiting their seperate takeoff clearances. Beech C-99, N108SX, was ahead of Piper PA-31-350, N4098A. The pilot of the Piper PA-31-350 stated that his foot slipped off the brake pedal and his aircraft rolled forward, striking the empennage of the Beech C-99.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4098A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 318152200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ameriflight
- Departed
- ONT
- Destination
- IYK · Inyokern, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ONT · Ontario
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
- N108SX
- Reported as
- Beech C-99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U184
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-36, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ameriflight, Inc
- Departed
- ONT
- Destination
- OXR · Oxnard, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ONT · Ontario
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N4098A
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,780 total · 50 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N108SX
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,880 total · 1,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N4098A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.