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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210E · St Simons Islan, GA · June 5, 1981

Date
June 5, 1981 · 07:20 local
Place
St Simons Islan, GA
Airport
St Simons Island
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4991U
Reported as
Cessna 210E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Inadvertent engine start when prop was being pulled through to check for hydraulic lock. Aircraft struck hangar.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENT ENGINE START WHEN PROP WAS BEING PULLED THROUGH TO CHECK FOR HYDRAULIC LOCK. AIRCRAFT STRUCK HANGAR.