# Incident 19790111000669I: Emair MA1, Lihue, HI, January 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1979, 06:30 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 21.9722° N, 159.3560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lihue, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9722&lon=-159.3560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9925M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9925M-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Emroth-Emair MA-1 (registry code 3280101, https://openairdocs.org/model/emroth-emair-ma-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMAIR MA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,775 total, 1,000 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/19790111000669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT AND LEFT IT RUNNING UNATTENDED. IT ESCAPED AND STRUCK A PARKED HELICOPTER N476KA.

## Other reports on N9925M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760531014669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760531014669A), May 31, 1976: Emair MA1* (N9925M), Honokaa, HI, Substantial damage

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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