Beechcraft 200 N97WC
3 September 2018 · Burbank, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 September 2018 at about 22:55 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N97WC, operated by West Coast Charters, Inc, was involved in an accident near Burbank, California, United States. One person was 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 22:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Burbank, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bob Hope (BUR)
- Coordinates
- 34.2006, -118.3586
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 200
- Registration
- N97WC
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1990
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- West Coast Charters, Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Santa Ana → Burbank
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA528
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The flight instructor's and pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while taxiing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor reported that, with the pilot receiving instruction on the controls and while taxiing to parking, ground personnel instructed them to turn 180º and then park. The instructor added that, during the right turn, after clearing a vehicle, he saw a tree and tried to apply brakes, but the airplane impacted the tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The operator's director of maintenance reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 20 Aug 2020 | Beechcraft 200 | Rockford, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Feb 2020 | Beechcraft 200 | St Louis, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 14 Jul 2018 | Cassutt IIIM | Rosamond, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 30 Jan 2018 | Robinson R44 | Newport Beach, California, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Dec 2018 | Piper PA28 | Chino, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |