# Incident 20120502008489I: Beech 58TC, Santa Ana, CA, May 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2012, 16:21 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- 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: N2081L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2081L-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 275 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120502008489I

## Narrative

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

MAY 2, 2012 THE PILOT ARRIVED AT SNA FOR A ROUTINE VFR FLIGHT. HE PERFORMED A FULL ROUTINE PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT ACCORDING TO THE CHECKLIST AND DID NOT FIND ANY ANOMALIES. AFTER CLIMBING INTO THE LEFT SEAT HE PUT HIS TOES ON THE TOE BRAKES AS USUAL AND PULLED OUT THE HANDBRAKE AFTER PUMPING THE TOE BRAKES. HE SAID NOTHING SEEMED UNUSUAL. HE FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST START SEQUENCE AND STARTED THE LEFT ENGINE FIRST. ONCE THE ENGINE STARTED HE PULLED THE RPM BACK TO 800-900. HE THEN STARTED THE RIGHT ENGINE. AS THE ENGINE STARTED HE PUSHED THE MIXTURE UP TO FULL RICH. AT THIS STAGE THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD. HE SAID HE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE TOE BRAKES AND THE HANDBRAKE PULLED OUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE HE PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS HE COULD BUT THE AIRCRAFT KEPT MOVING. HE SAID HE TRIED TO TURN RIGHT BUT HAD VERY LITTLE STEERING ABILITY GIVEN THE CLOSE QUARTERS BEFORE THE COLLISION.

## Other reports on N2081L (1)

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

- [Incident 20170128000609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128000609I), Jan 28, 2017: Beech 58TC (N2081L), Bishop, CA, Minor damage. At around 9:30 a, am Saturday morning, the 28th of January, 2017, the aircraft was set up for a visual approach to runway 30 at kbih in clear VMC conditions.…

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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