- Date
- April 17, 1990, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6508VBeech F-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900417009559A
- Case key
- 26778
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow directives and his misjudgement of distance. Contributing to the accident was the airport management's failure to ensure that the building did not pose a hazard.
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 was taxiing out for takeoff and attempted to maneuver through a narrow area between shade port poles and a storage building. The right wingtip struck the corner of the building and the airplane pivoted to the right. The propeller struck a barrel and the nose of the airplane struck the side of the building. The pilot had been briefed about the location of the storage building prior to taxiing. The building was placed next to the taxiway several months prior to the accident by a construction company.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6508V
- Reported as
- Beech F-33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE 1008
- Airframe hours
- 7,695
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airline Training Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 10, 1990 · 9 hours before
- Airport
- GYR · Goodyear
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 88 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.