19801130080689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Minneapolis, MN · November 30, 1980

Date: November 30, 1980 · 08:00 local
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20532
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,785 total240 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N20532Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261369 Airframe modelCessna 172M 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 started engine and taxied out with tow bar still attached. Propeller was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STARTED ENGINE AND TAXIED OUT WITH TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED. PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.