ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319572
| Date: | Monday 3 September 2018 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | West Coast Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N97WC |
| MSN: | BB-1382 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10476 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burbank-Bob Hope Airport, CA (BUR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA) |
| Burbank-Bob Hope Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
With the pilot receiving instruction on the controls and while taxiing to parking, ground personnel instructed them to turn 180º and then park. During the right turn, after clearing a vehicle, the instructor saw a tree and tried to apply brakes, but the airplane impacted the tree.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's and pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while
taxiing
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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