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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCBC · Fairbanks, AK · February 15, 1980

Date: February 15, 1980 · 23:00 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2514Z
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCBC
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2514ZRegistered now · Bellanca 7GCBCS/N 992-77 · Built 1977 Airframe modelBellanca 7GCBC 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.

Pilot hand-propped airplane with no-one at controls. Engine started. Brake wheels slid on snow, hit building.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND-PROPPED AIRPLANE WITH NO-ONE AT CONTROLS. ENGINE STARTED. BRAKE WHEELS SLID ON SNOW, HIT BUILDING.