# NTSB NYC88LA097: Beech 1900, N7243R, Albany, NY, February 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1988, 22:25 local (Feb 27, 1988, 03:25 UTC)
- Place: Albany, NY
- Coordinates: 42.699321, -73.759635 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6993&lon=-73.7596&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 12 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36109/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA097

## 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 - dark night (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performed, ground personnel (cause)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - inadequate, company/operator management (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE BEECH 1900 WAS TAXIING OUT AT NIGHT UNDER THE CONTROL OF A GROUND TAXI DIRECTOR AND TWO WING WALKERS WHEN ITS TAIL MADE CONTACT WITH THE TAIL OF PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED B-737. BOTH PILOTS SAID THEY DID NOT SEE A STOP SIGNAL FROM THE TAXI DIRECTOR. THE WING WALKERS SAID THE TAXI DIRECTOR GAVE A STOP SIGNAL. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE TAXI DIRECTOR WAS USING TWO WANDS, ONE OF WHICH WAS NOT LIGHTED. IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY DID NOT HAVE A STANDARDIZED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ITS GROUND PERSONNEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7243R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: UB-24
- Airframe hours: 7414
- Engines: P&W PT-65B 1100 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Brockway Air Inc. (Ny), doing business as Piedmont Commuter System
- Registered owner: Beech Acceptance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: SLK, SARANAC LAKE, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ALB, Albany

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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: 2,900 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 1,300 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: ALB

## 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 19880226004069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880226004069A), Feb 26, 1988: Beech 1900, Albany, NY, Substantial damage. Vertical stabilizer struck wing of parked 737 on leaving gate. Taxi director signaled stop,pilot did not see signal

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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