# Incident 19780526040449I: Cessna 172, Omak, WA, May 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1978, 17:20 local time
- Place: Omak, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4224° N, 119.5307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Omak, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4224&lon=-119.5307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7338T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7338T-1980-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 378 total, 309 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/19780526040449I

## Narrative

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

AFTER BEING HAND PROPPED PLANE BROKE 2 TIE DOWN ROPES. KNOCKED OWNER DOWN AND STRUCK 2 AIRCRAFT.

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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