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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Hershey, PA · August 10, 1979

Date: August 10, 1979 · 19:45 local
Place: Hershey, PA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9678Q
Reported as: Cessna 172
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 486 total56 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9678QRegistered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17265762 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M 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.

Hand propped airplane started and moved forward until it struck a car.

As the FAA filed it

HAND PROPPED AIRPLANE STARTED AND MOVED FORWARD UNTIL IT STRUCK A CAR.