# NTSB NYC88LA060: Beech 58, N58MH, Flushing, NY, December 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 25, 1987, 06:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Coordinates: 40.77005, -73.869499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7700&lon=-73.8695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36079
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36079/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA060

## 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
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

AS THE PLTS WERE TAXIING AT DUSK TO TAKEOFF, THE ACFT WAS STRUCK BY A FOOD SVC VAN AT A VEHICLE SVC ROAD. THE ACDNT OCCURRED AS RAIN WAS FALLING & THE RAMP AREA WAS WET WITH STANDING WATER. THE VAN DRIVER SAID HE HAD JUST MANEUVERED HIS VEHICLE TO THE LEFT TO GET AROUND A LOCKHEED L-1011 & WAS MOVING BACK TO THE RIGHT TO GET ON THE SVC ROAD WHEN HE SAW THE BEECH 58. HE TRIED TO AVOID THE ACFT, BUT THE VAN HIT THE LEFT WING & TAIL. THE PLT SAID HE WAS TAXIING WITH THE ROTATING BCN, NAV & TAXI LGTS ON. HE SAID HE WAS CROSSING THE SVC ROAD WHEN HE SAW THE VAN & STOPPED, BUT THE VAN SKIDDED INTO THE ACFT. THE VAN DRIVER SAID HE DID NOT SEE ANY ACFT LGTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N58MH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58MH-2010-10-19), registration cancelled 2010-10-19, S/N TH-609, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-609
- Airframe hours: 5927
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Executive Flightways, doing business as Executive Flightways
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: ISP, ISLIP, NY
- Airport: Laguardia

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,250 total, 328 in this make and model, 1,820 as pilot in command, 191 in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19871225082969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871225082969A), Dec 25, 1987: Beech 58, New York, NY, Substantial damage. Was struck by a service van while crossing a service road on the taxiway. Van at high speed slid into the aircraft.

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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