41.6963° N, 93.0405° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newton, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 9, 1980 · 08:30 local
Place
Newton, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36797
Reported as
Beech V35B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,700 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.
Starter would not turn prop. Pilot turned prop by hand and aircraft started. Struck parked car.
As the FAA filed it
STARTER WOULD NOT TURN PROP. PILOT TURNED PROP BY HAND AND AIRCRAFT STARTED. STRUCK PARKED CAR.