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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182 · Death Valley, CA · August 14, 1979

Date
August 14, 1979 · 07:30 local
Place
Death Valley, CA
Airport
Death Valley
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5837B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DVW21
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,065 total571 in this make and model31 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.

Aircraft jumped chocks and flipped inverted after it had been hand propped by pilot.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS AND FLIPPED INVERTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN HAND PROPPED BY PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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