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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Pine Bluff, AR · June 8, 1979

Date
June 8, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Pine Bluff, AR
Airport
Grider
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2637U
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DPG49
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
154 total58 in this make and model66 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.

Chocked airplane on ramp. Hand propped. Engine started, jumped chocks, ran into ditch.

As the FAA filed it

CHOCKED AIRPLANE ON RAMP. HAND PROPPED. ENGINE STARTED, JUMPED CHOCKS, RAN INTO DITCH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.