Beechcraft C90A N438CA

Summary

On 21 December 2024 at about 09:15 local time, a Beechcraft C90A registered N438CA, operated by Guardian Flight LLC, was involved in an accident near Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

21 December 2024 at 09:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

21.3200, -157.9100

Aircraft

Beechcraft C90A

Registration

N438CA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1998

Engines

2

Operator

Guardian Flight LLC

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Kahului

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ANC25LA011

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 20, 2024, about 2315 Hawaii-Aleutian standard time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company (formerly Beech) twin-engine, turbine-powered C90A airplane, N438CA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Honolulu, Hawaii. The pilot-in-command, seated in the left seat, second-in-command pilot, seated in the right seat, and two medical center specialty team members were uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 air medical flight. According to the operator, Guardian Flight LLC, dba Hawaii Life Flight, the medical transport flight was en route, with two medical personnel on board from the Kapiolani Medical Center, to pick up a patient on a neighboring island. According to the pilots, just after starting the engines, the airplane began an un-commanded roll forward and it subsequently struck an unoccupied, parked company Raytheon Aircraft Company C90A airplane, N902TS, which was located across the ramp. As a result, N438CA sustained substantial damage to the right engine firewall and engine mounts. The wreckage has been moved to a secure location pending further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.