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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Mitchellville, MD · June 23, 1978

Date: June 23, 1978 · 17:45 local
Place: Mitchellville, MD
Airport: Freeway
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5650B
Reported as: Cessna 182
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 382 total63 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5650BRegistered now · Cessna 182S/N 33650 · Built 1956 Airframe modelCessna 182 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

With power applied to commence taxi, pilot reached over to close door and fell out. Runaway plane hit parked 5583W

As the FAA filed it

WITH POWER APPLIED TO COMMENCE TAXI, PILOT REACHED OVER TO CLOSE DOOR AND FELL OUT. RUNAWAY PLANE HIT PARKED 5583W