# Incident 19780120003739I: Cessna 172, St Charles, MD, January 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1978, 16:00 local time
- Place: St Charles, MD
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 38.6032° N, 76.9386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Charles, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6032&lon=-76.9386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9194H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780120003739I

## Narrative

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

MECHANIC HAND PROPPED AIRPLANE WHICH STARTED RAN INTO PARKED PLANE AND THEN SNOWBANK.

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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