# Incident 19791206045919I: Bag HP137MK1, Casper, WY, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Airport: Natrona Co International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSA
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17RJ-1990-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Handley Page HP-137 MK1 (registry code 4130402, https://openairdocs.org/model/handley-page-hp-137-mk1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG HP137MK1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206045919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WITH ENGINES STARTED, GROUND CREW UNABLE TO REMOVE AUX POWER UNIT FROM TAXI PATH. IN REVERSAL, PROP STRUCK BAGGAGE.

## Other reports on N17RJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780624034459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624034459I), Jun 24, 1978: Bag HP137MK1 (N17RJ), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. One nose wheel blew out during takeoff roll, aircraft continued to distination gear down..

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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