- Date
- October 10, 1989, 21:37 local (Oct 11, 1989, 01:37 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19891010065551A19891010065552A
- Case key
- 36567
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 pilot of N333TQ to taxi at a speed that would allow him to stop under existing conditions of visibility and taxiway conditions.
The failure of the pilot of N333TQ to taxi at a speed that would allow him to stop under existing conditions of visibility and taxiway conditions.
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
The BN-2A trislander, N414WA, was holding on a taxiway awaiting departure, when the Beech 58, N333TQ, struck it from behind. There was light drizzle falling and the windshield of the baron does not have windshield wipers. The pilot of the baron said when he saw the trislander illuminated by his landing lights there was insufficient distance to stop the aircraft prior to contact.
The BN-2A trislander, N414WA, was holding on a taxiway awaiting departure, when the Beech 58, N333TQ struck it from behind. There was light drizzle falling and the windsheild of the baron does not have windsheild wipers. The pilot of the baron said when he saw the trislander illuminated by his landing lights there was insufficient distance to stop the aircraft prior to contact.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N333TQ
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH507
- Airframe hours
- 4,474
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Congressional Air Limited
- Registered owner
- Congressional Air Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 26, 1989 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- IAD · Washington, DC
- Airport
- PHL · Philadelphia 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.
- Registration
- N414WA
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN2A-MK3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1034
- Airframe hours
- 6,438
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pennsylvania Aviation Inc, doing business as Wings Airway
- Registered owner
- Pennsylvania Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 28, 1989 · 31 hours before
- Destination
- N67 · Bluebell, PA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PHL · Philadelphia 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N333TQ
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 110 in this make and model · 1,835 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N414WA
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N333TQ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.