# Incident 19790302010629I: Beech 23BEECH, West Mifflin, PA, March 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1979, 14:50 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23968, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23968-2012-10-16) (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 23BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302010629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED WING TIP TO STRIKE PARKED TRUCK WHILE TAXIING.

## Other reports on N23968 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840324076199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840324076199A), Mar 24, 1984: Beech C23 (N23968), Champion, PA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Unable to climb after liftoff from slushy runway. Aircraft overgross. Struck trees and burned on impact.

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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