# Incident 19780421013019I: Piper PA28140, Crestwood, IL, April 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1978, 11:15 local time
- Place: Crestwood, IL
- Airport: Howell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6456° N, 87.7401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crestwood, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6456&lon=-87.7401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5558U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5558U-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- 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/19780421013019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PRIMED ENGINE, SET BRAKE & HAND-PROPPED AIRPLANE. ENGINE STARTED & TRAVELED ACROSS RAMP STRIKING N1893H.

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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