- Date
- June 7, 2022, 08:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N694PDBombardier BD100 1A10N175WAPilatus PC12
- Defining events
- Taxi: Ground collisionTaxi: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA reports
- 20220607010502I20220607007262A
- Case key
- 105217
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The multi-engine pilot's failure to maintain clearance from another airplane during taxi.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
N694PD · Bombardier BD100 1A10
Attention/monitoring: monitoring other aircraftProbable causeObject/animal/substance: aircraftN175WA · Pilatus PC12
Attention/monitoring: monitoring other aircraftProbable causeAnalysis
The pilot of the multi-engine airplane reported that, after landing he was taxiing via taxiway S to the parking area near the fixed based operator located near taxiway A. As the airplane approached the ramp, the pilot looked to the marshaller to start the right turn. During the turn, the marshaller gave the stop signal when the airplane’s left wing collided with the rudder of a single-engine airplane that was holding at the short line to runway 25 at taxiway A. The multi-engine airplane received minor damage to the left wing. The single-engine airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder. Neither flight crew reported that there were any preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with their airplane’s that would have precluded normal operation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
N694PD · Bombardier BD100 1A10
Ground collisionDefining eventN175WA · Pilatus PC12
Ground collisionDefining eventAircraft · 2
- Registration
- N694PD
- Reported as
- Bombardier BD100 1A10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20257
- Built
- 2009
- Engine
- Honeywell AS907-2-1A, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Pacific Dental Services LLC
- Registered owner
- Pacific Dental Services LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Other
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KHHR · Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Equipment
- Unknown
- Registration
- N175WA
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1750
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Western Aircraft Inc.
- Registered owner
- Juniper Valley LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
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 · 4
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N694PD
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,434 total · 1,611 in this make and model
- Role
- Co-pilot, aircraft N694PD
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 125 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N175WA
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,290 total
- Role
- Co-pilot, aircraft N175WA
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KHHR
- METAR
- KHHR 071536Z 12006KT 9SM OVC010 19/16 A2987 RMK AO2 T01890156
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.