- Date
- April 16, 1990, 09:51 local (13:51 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N64CZEmbraer EMB-110
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900416008991A
- Case key
- 32556
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain an adequate visual look-out due to his self imposed pressure of taxiing, completing cockpit checklists and obtaining a clearance at the same time.
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 in command of the commuter airplane was accomplishing the cockpit checklists while taxiing for takeoff and failed to observe another taxiing airplane and an on-ground collision occured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64CZ
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-110
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 110399
- Airframe hours
- 16,105
- Engines
- P&W PT-6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo propPT-6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Comair
- Registered owner
- Comair Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 3, 1990 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,430 total · 2,080 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 255 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.