Beechcraft 1900D N122UX
7 September 2008 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 September 2008 at about 13:00 local time, a Beechcraft 1900D registered N122UX was involved in an accident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- St. Louis, MO (STL)
- Coordinates
- 38.7486, -90.3700
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 1900D
- Registration
- N122UX
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Quincy → St. Louis
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN08LA151
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Probable cause
The ground crew's failure to ensure airplane clearance from the building while parking the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's unprofessional behavior and the lack of marshaling procedures for the ground crew.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The scheduled domestic passenger flight was taxiing to parking and while turning into a parking space, the empennage struck the overhang to the adjacent building resulting in substantial damage. An examination of the airplane's systems revealed no anomalies. Neither the captain nor the first officer could see the empennage during the turn. Both the marshaler and the wing walker felt that the empennage was clear of the building. At the time of the accident, company procedures for turning an airplane into its parking position did not exist. Prior to the impact, the flight crew conversations deviated from checklists and required communications for critical flight phases, landing, and taxi operations and they were engaged in nonessential communications. The flight crew's lack of professionalism and deviation from essential communications led to a lack of situational awareness.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 1900 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2008 | Beechcraft 1900C | Lihue, Hawaii, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Mar 2008 | Beechcraft 1900D | Page, Arizona, United States | Great Lakes Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 2008 | Beechcraft 1900C | Billings, Montana, United States | Alpine Aviation Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Feb 2008 | Beechcraft 1900D | Jabiru, Australia | Vincent Aviation, PTY LTD | No injuries | - |
| 22 Feb 2008 | Beechcraft 1900D | Kayenta, Arizona, United States | Peabody Energy | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 2008 | Beechcraft 1900 | Bukavu, Congo | Air Serv International | Fatal | 17 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2008 | Cessna 182P | Mount Vernon, Missouri, United States | Brent Kitchen | No injuries | - |
| 6 Oct 2008 | Cessna 180A | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | 6180 LLC | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 2008 | Robinson R44 II | Ridgedale, Missouri, United States | Central Illinois Air Corp | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 Aug 2008 | Piper PA46-500TP | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Differential Leasing LLC | No injuries | - |
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