Beechcraft E-90 N16LH

Summary

On 5 September 2010 at about 03:00 local time, a Beechcraft E-90 registered N16LH, operated by Sundance Farms Inc., was involved in an accident near Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. 4 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.

Date

5 September 2010 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Colorado Springs Municipal (COS)

Coordinates

38.8056, -104.7006

Aircraft

Beechcraft E-90

Registration

N16LH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Sundance Farms Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ontario → Colorado Springs

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN10CA540

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to ensure that the airplane’s parking brake was properly set before diverting his attention to other tasks.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Following a night landing, the pilot taxied to the ramp and was marshaled into a parking space by ground crew personnel. The pilot stopped the twin-engine airplane and set the parking brake before continuing with other checklist items. Unbeknownst to the pilot, the airplane began to roll forward until it impacted a tug and ground power unit, located approximately 25 feet across the ramp. During the impact, the nose landing gear collapsed and the nose of the airplane came to rest on the rear of the tug, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.