# Incident 19780131001899I: Cessna 172, Mattoon, IL, January 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1978, 13:00 local time
- Place: Mattoon, IL
- Airport: Coles Co
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4779° N, 88.2800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLES COUNTY MEML (MTO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4779&lon=-88.2800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5333T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5333T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,000 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/19780131001899I

## Narrative

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

PROPELLER STRUCK PILOT AFTER HAND-PROPPING AIRCRAFT WITH MAGS ON.

## Other reports on N5333T (1)

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

- [Accident 19820128002219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820128002219A), Jan 28, 1982: Cessna 172H (N5333T), Wentzville, MO, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final from fuel starvation. Landed short. Failed to switch to both tanks for landing or restart.

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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