# NTSB NYC89LA215: Beech 1900C, N318BH, Boston, MA, September 1, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1989, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 15 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 26, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36480/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA215

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE GROUND PERSONNEL TO SAFELY GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE CLEARED THE JETWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - airport facility
  - aircraft handling - misjudged, ground personnel (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, ground personnel (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318BH-1997-07-14), registration cancelled 1997-07-14, S/N UB33 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (registry code 1154161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1900C
- Engines: P&W PT6A 1100 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890901034839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890901034839A), Sep 1, 1989: Beech 1900C, Boston, MA, Substantial damage. While parking swung too sharply and struck empennage on a jetway. Ground guide turned aircraft too close to jetway.

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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