# Incident 20000809025219I: Beech C23, Ponca City, OK, August 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2000, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ponca City, OK
- Airport: Ponca City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7320° N, 97.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PONCA CITY RGNL (PNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7320&lon=-97.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6723C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6723C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 23 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809025219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING TAXI BEHIND A "FOLLOW ME" TRUCK THE PILOT WAS WATCHING HIS RIGHT WING DURING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE COWLING OF A TIED DOWN CESSNA 182, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING AND OIL COOLER.

## Other reports on N6723C (2)

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

- [Incident 20030904026729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030904026729I), Sep 4, 2003: Beech C23 (N6723C), Newton, KS, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that during the landing phase, N6723C experienced excessive nose wheel shimmy. He then initiated take-off procedures by applying full…
- [Accident 19850615025559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025559A), Jun 15, 1985: Beech C23 (N6723C), Pratt, KS, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control when he reached for flap selector. Departed runway and nosed over in a wash.

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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