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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Owensboro, KY · March 25, 1979

Date: March 25, 1979 · 21:00 local
Place: Owensboro, KY
Airport: Daviess Co
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1581J
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 325 total130 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1581JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23989 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Pilot hand propped his airplane. Throttle set too high. One brake did not hold, airplane turned and hit N7740J.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED HIS AIRPLANE. THROTTLE SET TOO HIGH. ONE BRAKE DID NOT HOLD, AIRPLANE TURNED AND HIT N7740J.