# Incident 20091115024129I: Beech S35, Fullerton, CA, November 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2009, 11:25 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N6115V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6115V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091115024129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT TO CHARGE UP BATTERY, INTENDED TO TAXI TO WASH RACK.  DECIDED TO GET OUT WITH ENGINE RUNNING TO GET A BOTTLE OF WATER FROM HIS CAR.  AIRCRAFT BEGAN MOVING ON ITS OWN AND STRUCK ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THIS IS BEING CLASSIFIED AS IN INCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INTENT TO FLY.

## Other reports on N6115V (3)

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

- [Incident 20210802012329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210802012329I), Aug 2, 2021: Beech S35 (N6115V), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Investigation: I was notified by Fullerton Airport air traffic control that on August 2, 2021 at the Fullerton Airport runway 24 at approximately 1420 local…
- [Incident 19910707044779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910707044779I), Jul 7, 1991: Beech S35 (N6115V), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed short of runway. Damaged an approach light.
- [Incident 19780614045779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780614045779I), Jun 14, 1978: Beech S35 (N6115V), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Pilot raised the gear after touchdown, intended to retract the flaps.

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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