- Date
- April 6, 1987, 22:10 local (Apr 7, 1987, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 10 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N811BEBeech 1900
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870406010929A
- Case key
- 30626
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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 - vehicle
Light condition - dark night
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
During taxi operations in preparation for a takeoff from Boston logan airport, the Beech aircraft was struck by a ground vehicle and substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N811BE
- Reported as
- Beech 1900
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UB49
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-2B, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Business Express
- Registered owner
- Business Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Destination
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BOS · Boston Logan
N811BERegistration cancelled Oct 12, 2011 · Beech 1900CAirframe modelBeech 1900CEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,660 total · 290 in this make and model · 5,300 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °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.
Other investigations on N811BE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.