19781220020759I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Goodyear, AZ · December 20, 1978

Date: December 20, 1978 · 11:45 local
Place: Goodyear, AZ
Airport: Phoenix Litchfiel
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9372J
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9372JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-3471 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot left magneto on while hand propping plane. Engine started and plane escaped,knocked pilot down and hit fence

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LEFT MAGNETO ON WHILE HAND PROPPING PLANE. ENGINE STARTED AND PLANE ESCAPED,KNOCKED PILOT DOWN AND HIT FENCE