# Incident 19970324010509I: Beech A36, Fullerton, CA, March 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8725A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8725A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,633 total, 120 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970324010509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAXI OPERATION PILOT STRUCK WINGTIP OF OTHER AIRCRAFT BREAKING BOTH WINGTIPS NAVIGATION LIGHTS ASSEMBLIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N8725A (1)

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

- [Accident 20230610011149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230610011149A), Jun 10, 2023: Beech B35 (N8725A), Orangeburg, SC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On June 10, 2023 at approximately 0955 hours (local), the Beech B-35 departed hampton county airport (3JO) enroute to jim hamilton/lb owens field (cub).…

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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