36.2280° N, 77.1136° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Aulander, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 1, 1981 · 12:50 local
Place
Aulander, NC
Airport
Aulander
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53302
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,186 total1,250 in this make and model117 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.
Due to weak battery pilot started engine by hand. Aircraft jumped chocks nosed over damaging prop wing and gear.
As the FAA filed it
DUE TO WEAK BATTERY PILOT STARTED ENGINE BY HAND. AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS NOSED OVER DAMAGING PROP WING AND GEAR.