# Incident 19991218035659I: Beech 95, Taos, NM, December 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1999, 00:30 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N652Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N652Q-2011-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (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 95
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991218035659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 18, 1999 AT APPROXIMATELY 2430, MR. JOHN RAYMOND BODE, WAS ATTEMPTINT TO MOVE HIS AIRCRAFT, A BEECHCRAFT TRAVEL AIR (BE-95-95), N652Q, FROM IN FRONT OF THE TAOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OLD) TERMINAL BUILDING TO A TIE DOWN AREA FOR THE NIGHT.  WHEN MR. BODIE ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE(S) HE FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD.  MR. BODIE DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A HAND PROP OF THE #1 (LEFT) ENGINE OF THE TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT.  THE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL, AND THE ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS AND SPUN INTO THE TERMINAL BUILDING, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING TIP, THE RADOME (NO SE) AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE BUILDING RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N652Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20090819013269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090819013269I), Aug 19, 2009: Beech 95 (N652Q), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On August 19, 2009 at 15:32 MST, a Beechcraft BE-95, N652Q, registered to AV8 inc., landed with the landing gear partially extended while on a training…

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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