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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210L · Phoenix, AZ · May 18, 1981

Date
May 18, 1981 · 06:30 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Sky Harbor
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29454
Reported as
Cessna 210L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total108 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.

Improper procedure in hand propping engine to start. Engine started and aircraft got out of control.

As the FAA filed it

IMPROPER PROCEDURE IN HAND PROPPING ENGINE TO START. ENGINE STARTED AND AIRCRAFT GOT OUT OF CONTROL.