# Incident 19790707019849I: Beech 23BEECH, Chesapeake, VA, July 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1979, 13:40 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24041, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24041-2003-01-16) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790707019849I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP BRAKES FAILED, AIRCRAFT WENT INTO DITCH. BACK PLATE BRAKE LININGS WERE MISSING,RIVETS SHEARED

## Other reports on N24041 (2)

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

- [Accident 20020811026439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811026439A), Aug 11, 2002: Beech C23 (N24041), Centerville, TN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) Based on all information obtained from the fixed base operator (FBO) renting this aircraft, approximately forty minutes of fuel was burned off full tanks…
- [Incident 19860831061979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860831061979I), Aug 31, 1986: Beech C23 (N24041), Silver Lake, MO, Minor damage. Landed long and then porpoised. Aircraft came to rest in the center of the runway near departure end.

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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