# NTSB MIA89LA073: Beech A36, N2860W, Daytona Beach, FL, January 27, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 26, 1989, 20:40 local (Jan 27, 1989, 01:40 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32389
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32389/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA073

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER OF THE AUTOMOBILE TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT AND TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, standing - engine(s) operating
  - object - vehicle
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, driver of vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF FROM THE AVTN COMMUNITY ARPT DURING A DARK NIGHT WITH THE LANDING, BEACON, STROBE, & NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON, THE PLT OBSERVED A VEHICLE APPROACHING HEAD-ON. HE STOPPED THE ACFT & WAITED FOR THE VEHICLE TO PULL OFF THE TAXIWAY BUT THE CAR CONTINUED & DROVE UNDER THE LEFT WING DAMAGING IT & THE ROOF & WINDSHIELD OF THE AUTOMOBILE. THE ACFT SPUN TO THE LEFT & CAME TO REST. THE AUTOMOBILE CONTINUED FWD THEN CAME TO REST BEHIND THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2860W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-447
- Airframe hours: 2421
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kay W. Schuttler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 11, 1988, 35 hours before
- Destination: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Airport: 44J, Spruce Creek

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 28,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20,000 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890126001509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890126001509A), Jan 26, 1989: Beech A36, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Elderly man drove his car down a taxiway at night and struck an aircraft taxiing for takeoff. Pilot stopped prior.

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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