19791218046329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310 · Greensboro, NC · December 18, 1979

Date
December 18, 1979 · 11:15 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Airport
Air Harbor
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3673D
Reported as
Cessna 310
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total225 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot had propped engine,it started. Prop struck pilot. Magneto ungrounded in off position from bad mag "p" lead

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD PROPPED ENGINE,IT STARTED. PROP STRUCK PILOT. MAGNETO UNGROUNDED IN OFF POSITION FROM BAD MAG "P" LEAD