# Incident 19780609045199I: Amtrbw FLYBABY1, Asheboro, NC, June 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1978, 15:00 local time
- Place: Asheboro, NC
- Airport: Purdue
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7026° N, 79.8041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7026&lon=-79.8041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6972, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6972-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Havens BOWERS FLY BABY (registry code 14121UP, https://openairdocs.org/model/havens-bowers-fly-baby) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBW FLYBABY1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 30 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/19780609045199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED HIS AIRPLANE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE, IT GOT AWAY, COLLIDED WITH A TRAILER LOAD OF TIMBERS.

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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