# Incident 19780502031539I: Bnorm BN2, Kotzebue, AK, May 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1978, 11:15 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Wien Memorial
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39MN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39MN-1991-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 (registry code 1520209, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2
- 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/19780502031539I

## Narrative

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

MECHANIC INJURED HANDS WHEN ENGINE FIRED WHILE HE WAS TUNING PROP BY HAND.

## Other reports on N39MN (1)

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

- [Accident 19820702067369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820702067369A), Jul 2, 1982: Bnorm BN2A8 (N39MN), Nome, AK, Substantial damage. Prop blade broke off and entered fuselage during takeoff run. Hartzell pn e 94200.

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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