19781007029269I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing IB75A · Gordon, NE · October 7, 1978

Date
October 7, 1978 · 16:00 local
Place
Gordon, NE
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N69623
Reported as
Boeing IB75A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine hand propped by pilot and broke away from wing hlders. Airplane hit fuel pump, both destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE HAND PROPPED BY PILOT AND BROKE AWAY FROM WING HLDERS. AIRPLANE HIT FUEL PUMP, BOTH DESTROYED BY FIRE.