19791028053769I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Bellaire, MI · October 28, 1979

Date: October 28, 1979 · 10:15 local
Place: Bellaire, MI
Airport: Antrim Co
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6968U
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 337 total66 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6968URegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 328 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 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 pulled prop through in preparation for starting. Engine started. Aircraft rolled into another parked plane.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PULLED PROP THROUGH IN PREPARATION FOR STARTING. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO ANOTHER PARKED PLANE.