- Date
- January 31, 1992, 21:54 local (Feb 1, 1992, 02:54 UTC)
- Place
- Bangor, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N209BHBeech 99
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920131014779A
- Case key
- 37150
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while taxiing on an icy surface. Factors related to the accident were the unfavorable winds and the icy ramp 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 airplane was taxiing on the ramp after a flight. The pilot said, 'while parking at the...hanger a gust of wind caused the aircraft to slide on the ice and strike a parked aircraft with the right wing.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N209BH
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-73
- Airframe hours
- 23,518
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Northeast Express Regional
- Registered owner
- Josephine & Allyn Caruso
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 5, 1992 · 49 hours before
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BGR · Bangor International
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,807 total · 1,745 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 24 knots, gusting 36
- Temperature
- 16 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.