- Date
- September 15, 1987, 13:37 local (17:37 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N211PDBeech 200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870915053309A
- Case key
- 31964
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - pole
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionCause
Analysis
The plt stated that as he was taxiing to the ramp, his attention was momentarily diverted away from the clearance between the left side of the wing tip & the building's steel support when the trailing edge of the aileron contacted the support.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211PD
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB300
- Airframe hours
- 4,494
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Holiday Air
- Registered owner
- Pdg Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 31, 1987 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TPA · Tampa
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,002 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,008 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.