# Incident 19791206046169I: Beech K35, Washington, DC, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 07:13 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3077C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3077C-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,505 total, 1,811 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80IA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80IA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206046169I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING BEHIND JET, AIRCRAFT LIFTED BY JET BLAST, HIT WING TIP. GROUND CONTROL FAILED TO CLARIFY SITUATION.

## 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 IAD80IA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80IA015), Dec 6, 1979: Beech K35 (N3077C), Washington, DC, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N3077C (1)

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

- [Incident 19970808027249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970808027249I), Aug 8, 1997: Beech K35 (N3077C), Hazleton, PA. Narrative: while enroute from potomac air park, MD (vkx) to watertown, NY (art) the pilot reported the engine to have a rattling noise. The propeller started…

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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