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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Fresno, CA · June 9, 1981

Date
June 9, 1981 · 15:15 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Chandler
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9309U
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24 total15 in this make and model19 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 student moved prop to free starter engagement. Two additional aircraft damaged.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENT ENGINE START WHEN STUDENT MOVED PROP TO FREE STARTER ENGAGEMENT. TWO ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGED.