# Incident 20210311001089I: Beech C23, State College, PA, March 11, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2021, 12:20 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7910° N, 77.8568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of State College, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7910&lon=-77.8568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6585R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6585R-2022-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 676 total, 1 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/20210311001089I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED IN A NON MOVEMENT AREA APPROXIAMETELY 125 FEET FROM T-HANGARS. OWNER'S INTENTION WAS TO REPOSTION, VIA GROUND TAXI, TO HIS NEWLY RENTED HANGAR SPACE, WITH NO INTENT TO FLY. OWNER WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPLANE (ZERO HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL) OWNER STARTED THE ENGINE WITHOUT THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY STARTED MOVING FORWARD AFTER ENGINE START AND OWNER WAS UNFAMLIAIR WITH BRAKE OPERATION AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE FORWARD TRAVEL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED FORWARD, STRIKING A CLOSED T-HANGAR DOOR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE T-HANGAR.

## Other reports on N6585R (1)

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

- [Incident 19980513018959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980513018959I), May 13, 1998: Beech C23 (N6585R), Ida Grove, IA, Minor damage. Landed downwing 20 to 30 knots. Overran runway into a fence.

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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