# Accident 19740908029449A: Beech C23, Norfolk, VA, September 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1974
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk Regional
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2120W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2120W-2018-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 40 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740908029449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENPLANING PASSENGER WALKED INTO PROPELLER.AIRCRAFT TAXI LIGHT,STROBE LIGHT,ROTATING BEACON ON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD75AI011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI011), Sep 8, 1974: Beech C23 (N2120W), Norfolk, VA, no damage

## Other reports on N2120W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170914019369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170914019369A), Sep 14, 2017: Beech C23 (N2120W), Machias, ME, Substantial damage. Thursday morning , September 14, 2017, pilot prepared a cross country flight departing kaug to Kmvm, klrg and back to kaug. Pilot had gone over his flight plan…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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