- Date
- February 9, 1990, 01:15 local (06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N349MAMitsubishi MU-2B-35N533DMMitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19900209001751I19900209001789I
- Case key
- 36609
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Probable cause
The pilot of N349MA failed to see and avoid another airplane taxiing in the same direction.
The pilot of N349MA failed to see and avoid another airplane taxiing in the same direction.
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 pilot of N349MA was taxiing behind and in the same direction as N533DM. The pilot of N349MA got distracted by something he thought was in his way. He did not see N533DM in time to stop, striking N533DM'S elevator and rudder with the left wing tip fuel tank.
The pilot of N349MA was taxiing behind and in the same direction as N533DM. The pilot of N349MA got distracted by something he thought was in his way. He did not see N533DM in time to stop, striking N533DM'S elevater and rudder with the left wing tip fuel tank.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N349MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 615
- Airframe hours
- 5,165
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-6, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Epps Air Service
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TEB · Teterboro
- Registration
- N533DM
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 652
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-6, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Epps Air Service
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TEB · Teterboro
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 N349MA
- 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
- 3,800 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,600 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N533DM
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.