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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aronca 65-TC · Fresno, CA · March 11, 1981

Date: March 11, 1981 · 14:30 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Sierra Sky Park
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N29414
Reported as: Aronca 65TC
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 101 total30 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N29414Registered now · Aeronca 65-TCS/N C3060T · Built 1940 Airframe modelAeronca 65-TC Engine modelContinental A&C65 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 engine. Link in tie down chain failed when engine started. Aircraft collided with another one.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE. LINK IN TIE DOWN CHAIN FAILED WHEN ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER ONE.