24 Feb 2010: Hawker Beechcraft Corp. 65-B80 — BEMIDJI AVIATION SERVICES INC

24 Feb 2010: Hawker Beechcraft Corp. 65-B80 (N132BA) — BEMIDJI AVIATION SERVICES INC

No fatalities • Minneapolis, MN, United States

Probable cause

The pilot of the other airplane not setting the parking brake adequately while holding for departure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot of the other airplane being distracted while doing his paperwork.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

On February 24, 2010, about 0729 central standard time, a Hawker Beechcraft Corp. 65-B80, N132BA, sustained minor damage when it impacted a Hawker Beechcraft Corp. 65-A80, N95LL, on taxiway Papa at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport, near Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Hawker Beechcraft 65-A80 sustained substantial damage. Both airplanes were piloted by commercial pilots and both pilots were uninjured. The flights were conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135, in visual meteorological conditions, and both had instrument flight rules flight plans on file. The flights were originating at the time of the accident. The Hawker Beechcraft 65-B80 was destined for the Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field, near Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and the Hawker Beechcraft 65-A80 was destined for the Grand Rapids/Itasca County Airport-Gordon Newstrom Field, near Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

The pilot of the Beechcraft Corp. 65-B80 reported that "While holding on taxiway PAPA, just short of PAPA 2, for departure on runway 30 right, I set the parking brake (obviously not set hard enough) to do some paperwork. With my head down writing, I rolled forward and made contact with the rear of the aircraft ahead of me."

Federal Aviation Administration inspectors examined the parking brake system and found no anomalies.

Contributing factors

  • cause Pilot
  • factor Pilot
  • cause Pilot of other aircraft
  • factor Pilot of other aircraft

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 320/07kt, vis 10sm

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