# NTSB NYC01LA010: Beech BE-23, N8895M, Lincoln Park, NJ, October 6, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 2000, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Location: 40.9476° N, 74.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN PARK (N07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9476&lon=-74.3145&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 8, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC01LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA010

## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he was teaching his girlfriend to taxi their new airplane.  The pilot became distracted by a wasp in the cockpit.  While his attention was diverted, the airplane veered to the right, and struck a parked airplane.

## Factual narrative

On October 6, 2000, about 1630 Eastern Daylight Time, a Beech BE-23, N8895M, was substantially damaged while taxiing at Lincoln Park Airport (N07), Lincoln Park, New Jersey.  The certificated commercial pilot and passenger were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The pilot stated that he had recently bought the airplane.  The pilot was not a certified flight instructor, but he was teaching his girlfriend to taxi.  While taxiing, the pilot was distracted by a wasp in the cockpit.  While his attention was diverted, the airplane veered off to the right side of the taxiway, and struck a parked airplane.  The right wing of his airplane sustained substantial damage, and the propeller and windscreen of the parked airplane was damaged.  The pilot added that the parked airplane was much closer to the taxiway than all other parked airplanes at N07.

According to a Lincoln Park Police Officer, the pilot reported that he had just landed, and was taxiing toward the parking area.  He was distracted by a wasp and struck the parked airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8895M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8895M), registered now, S/N M-647, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-346 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (registry code 17033, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-647
- Airframe hours: 2200
- Engines: Continental IO-360 165 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Craig A. Squillante
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1999
- Departed: N07
- Airport: N07, Lincoln Park Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,200 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CDW, 180 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 20001006039019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001006039019A), Oct 6, 2000: Beech A23, Lincoln Park, NJ, No damage. (-23) Miss doreen degan the new owner of the Beechcraft was getting some taxi instruction from her boyfriend Mr. Squillante a commercial rated pilot, when a…

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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