# Incident 20191218019959I: Beech 200, Fresno, CA, December 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2019, 07:15 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72MM-2020-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-41
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191218019959I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 18, 2019 AT APROX 0715, A MINOR GAINED UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT AND UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO THE AIRCRAFT N72MM.  IT IS UNKNOWN HOW LONG THE INDIVIDUAL WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT.  INDIVIDUAL WAS ABLE TO  START THE LEFT ENGINE OF THE AIRCRAFT, WITH NO KNOWN INTENTION OF FLIGHT, AND THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO TAXI/SPIN IN A CIRCLE DUE TO ASYMMETRIC THRUST AND IMPACTED THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND GATE INFRASTRUCTURE.  IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO LEFT WING ASSEMBLY, PROPELLER HUB TO SEPARATE FROM ENGINE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

WITNESS SAW THE AIRCRAFT MOVE AND CRASH.  ENGINE WAS CONTINUING TO RUN AFTER IMPACT.  WITNESS, CLIMBED ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE TO PREVENT FIRE OR EXPLOSION.  MINOR WAS SITTING IN THE PILOT SEAT APPEARED TO BE IN SHOCK AND DID NOT SAY ANYTHING.  WITNESS STATED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE MOST OF THE SWITCHES HAD BEEN FLIPPED AND ALL LEVERS PUSHED FORWARD.

THE MINOR WAS APPREHENDED ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND ARRESTED.  PARENTS ON ARRIVED ON SCENE AFTER POLICE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY MINOR AND STATED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDS NO PILOT CERTIFICATES OR DRIVERS LICENSE.  MINOR GAVE NO STATEMENT AT THE SCENE.  POLICE STATED THE INDIVIDUAL HAD HISTORY AND BELIEVE THIS WAS DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS OR DRUG USE.

IIC NOTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE THAT IT APPEARED THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT FOR SOME TIME PRIOR TO ENGINE START AS THE INTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS RANSACKED.

FBI INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY ONGOING.  WILL AMEND IF NEEDED.

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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