# Incident 19800124017429I: Beech 99, Avoca, PA, January 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1980, 14:50 local time
- Place: Avoca, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre/Scra
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.3382° N, 75.7422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avoca, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3382&lon=-75.7422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N788C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N788C-1981-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 753 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/19800124017429I

## Narrative

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

BAGGAGE BEING UNLOADED WITH ONE ENGINE RUNNING. ONE BAG, ON ROLLERS, ROLLED INTO THE TURNING PROP.

## Other reports on N788C (1)

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

- [Incident 19780504031839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780504031839I), May 4, 1978: Beech 99 (N788C), White Plains, NY, Minor damage. Emergency landing after noticing smoke in cockpit. Found printed circuit board to be the problem.

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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