# Incident 19780815037039I: Boeing PT17, Pacoima, CA, August 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1978, 07:50 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Hiteman
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2625° N, 118.4270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pacoima, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2625&lon=-118.4270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63588, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63588) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 450 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/19780815037039I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE KICKED BACK WHILE BEING HAND-PROPPED. PILOT WAS ERIOUSLY INJURED.

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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