# NTSB NYC87LA117: Beech 1900, N811BE, Boston, MA, April 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1987, 22:10 local (Apr 7, 1987, 03:10 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 10 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30626/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA117

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - vehicle
  - light condition - dark night
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, driver of vehicle (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811BE-2011-10-12), registration cancelled 2011-10-12, S/N UB49, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (registry code 1154161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: UB49
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870406010929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870406010929A), Apr 6, 1987: Beech 1900C, Boston, MA, Substantial damage. Taxiing for takeoff was struck by a ground vehicle.

## Other investigations on N811BE (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC92FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA053), Dec 29, 1991: Beech 1900C (N811BE), Block Island, RI, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S LOSS OF ALTITUDE AWARENESS AND POSSIBLE SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AT AN ALTITUDE TOO LOW FOR RECOVERY; AND COMPANY…

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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