19790422024569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BLS65 · Bowdoinham, ME · April 22, 1979

Date: April 22, 1979 · 08:45 local
Place: Bowdoinham, ME
Airport: Merrymeeting
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N27524
Reported as: Tcraft BLS65
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 70 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N27524Registered now · Taylorcraft BC-65S/N 2166 · Built 1940 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC-65 Engine modelLycoming 0-145B 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.

Hand propped the airplane, it got away and hit a parked truck.

As the FAA filed it

HAND PROPPED THE AIRPLANE, IT GOT AWAY AND HIT A PARKED TRUCK.