# Incident 20010620015259I: Beech 300BEECH, Santa Ana, CA, June 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2001, 08:10 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010620015259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 0810 LCL ON JUNE 20, 2001, BEECHCRAFT KING AIR N541SC WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OUT OF A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF NEWPORT JET CENTER AT SNA. THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED A SERVICE CART PARKED ON THE RAMP WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE ARICRAFT TO THE RIGHT TO CLEAR OTHER AIRCRAFT AND OBSTRUCTIONS.  GROUND HANDLERS STATED PILOT DID NOT HEED THEIR INSTRUCTIONS TO STOP, PILOT STATED HE WAS FOLLOWING GROUND HANDLERS' HAND SIGNALS.  AIRPORT SHERIFF OFFICER AND OPERATIONS CENTER PERSON STATED GROUND HANDLER #1 OFF CONTROL TO #2, AND THEN #1 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE PILOT STOP PRIOR TO HITTING CART BUT PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS ON HANDLER #2.

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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