Narrative:
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
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 3 September 2018 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
| Operator: | West Coast Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N97WC |
| MSN: | BB-1382 |
| First flight: | 1990 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10476 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Burbank-Bob Hope Airport, CA (BUR) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA), United States of America |
| Burbank-Bob Hope Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America |
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:
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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Distance from Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA to Burbank-Bob Hope Airport, CA as the crow flies is 73 km (46 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA to Burbank-Bob Hope Airport, CA as the crow flies is 73 km (46 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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