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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Stockton, CA · April 30, 1981

Date: April 30, 1981 · 12:30 local
Place: Stockton, CA
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N80159
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 140 total46 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N80159Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17266408 · Built 1975 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.

Zr pilot attempted to start a hot engine when it backfired and a fire started.

As the FAA filed it

ZR PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START A HOT ENGINE WHEN IT BACKFIRED AND A FIRE STARTED.