- Date
- September 1, 1989, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N318BHBeech 1900C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890901034839A
- Case key
- 36480
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the ground personnel to safely guide the aircraft so that it would have cleared the jetway.
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.
Analysis
According to the captain, he was taxiing the aircraft to be parked and was being guided to the parking area by a ground guide. The guide turned the aircraft too close to the jetway and the vertical stabilizer contacted the jetway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N318BH
- Reported as
- Beech 1900C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1900C
- Engine
- P&W PT6A, 1,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bar Harbor Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- BGR · Bangor, ME
- Destination
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Boston Int'L
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,350 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,750 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- 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.