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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172G · Cambridge, MN · January 25, 1980

Date
January 25, 1980 · 12:30 local
Place
Cambridge, MN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1120F
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total90 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 pulled prop through by hand,engine fired and broke pilot's leg. Magneto switch had been left on left magneto

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PULLED PROP THROUGH BY HAND,ENGINE FIRED AND BROKE PILOT'S LEG. MAGNETO SWITCH HAD BEEN LEFT ON LEFT MAGNETO

Other reports on N1120F · 1

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