33.9748° N, 117.6365° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 31, 1981 · 13:52 local
Place
Chino, CA
Airport
Chino
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N37EZ
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total50 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 hand propped aircraft but failed to firmly set the brake. Prop struck the pilot on the head.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT BUT FAILED TO FIRMLY SET THE BRAKE. PROP STRUCK THE PILOT ON THE HEAD.