LAX83FA349 · Beech C-45G
Beech C-45G and Panorama Airtour Beech E18S · Accident: on ground/water collision with object while standing
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Event
- NTSB case
- LAX83FA349
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Charter & commuter
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Aircraft 1 · Beech C-45G
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft C-45
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N888M
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Kahului International Airport (OGG), KAHALUI, HITo Lihue Airport (LIH), Lihue, HI
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Standing · engine(s) operating
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- On ground/water collision with object
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Aircraft 2 · Beech E18S
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft 18
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N162SP
- Operator
- Panorama Airtour
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Kahului International Airport (OGG), KAHALUI, HITo Lihue Airport (LIH), Lihue, HI
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Taxi · to runway
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- On ground/water collision with object
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Diverted attention
- Pilot in command › Visual lookout, inadequate
- Pilot of other aircraft › Diverted attention
- Pilot of other aircraft › Visual lookout, inadequate
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
A BEECH C-45G, N888M, CALL SIGN LANI 8 AND A BEECH E18S, N162SP, CALL SIGN LANI 9 WERE PART OF A FLT OF 5 ACFT, WITH CALL SIGNS OF LANI 6 THRU 10, THAT WERE BEING USED ON AN INTER-ISLAND TOUR. THE 1ST ACFT, LANI 6, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF & DEPARTED IMMEDIATELY. LANI 7, 8 & 9 CONTACTED THE TOWER FOR TAXI CLEARANCE, RESPECTIVELY. IN TURN, LANI 7 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF & LANI 8 & 9 WERE CLEARED ON THE RWY TO HOLD, BUT LANI 9 DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. AS LANI 7 TOOK OFF, LANI 9 STOPPED SHORT OF THE RWY & TOLD TOWER HE WAS READY FOR TAKEOFF. THE PLT OF LANI 9 SAID THAT HE REVIEWED HIS TAKEOFF CHECKLIST & HEARD THE TOWER CLEAR LANI 8 FOR TAKEOFF, & AT THE SAME TIME CLEAR HIM (LANI 9) ON THE RWY TO HOLD. HE THOUGHT HE SAW LANI 8 TAKING OFF, WHEN LANI 8 ACTUALLY WAS STILL HOLDING. SUBSEQUENTLY, LANI 9 COLLIDED WITH LANI 8 A & BOTH ACFT WERE DAMAGED.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record LAX83FA349
- Event ID
- 20001214X43778
- Case number
- LAX83FA349
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (5)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 3b5e03315e9f43656c3323df4bfe488a7f9d0e31b6809d47bccb094f90a5090a; retrieved 2026-09-18T20:56:17.126Z.
- The NTSB's operator name is blank for N162SP; the operator shown is the name the NTSB records it doing business as.