# Incident 20100724040679I: Beech A23-19, Edwards Afb, CA, July 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2010, 07:30 local time
- Place: Edwards Afb, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9024° N, 117.9219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edwards AFB, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9024&lon=-117.9219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7997L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7997L-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-19 (registry code 1151212, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-19
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100724040679I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2010, N7997L, A BEECH A23-19 WAS BEING HAND PROPPED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N7997L'S ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT THEN SWUNG TO THE RIGHT, JUMPING THE CHOCK AND KNOCKING DOWN THE PILOT. N7997L IMPACTED A FUEL TRUCK PARKED ON THE RAMP. THE PILOT BROKE HIS FOOT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.NTSB DID NOT INVESTIGATE. PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INTENTION FOR FLIGHT.

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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