19791220048989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Orange Co, NY · December 20, 1979

Date: December 20, 1979 · 07:00 local
Place: Orange Co, NY
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8012N
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 740 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8012NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-25253 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 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.

Unoccupied aircraft struck building after being hand propped.

As the FAA filed it

UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT STRUCK BUILDING AFTER BEING HAND PROPPED.