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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Des Moines, IA · August 15, 1981

Date: August 15, 1981 · 13:45 local
Place: Des Moines, IA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N733WK
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 435 total150 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N733WKRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 1990 · Cessna 172NS/N 17268605 Airframe modelCessna 172N

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.

Battery was low. Pilot had no assistance. Hand propped engine to start. Aircraft went through fence into borrow pit

As the FAA filed it

BATTERY WAS LOW. PILOT HAD NO ASSISTANCE. HAND PROPPED ENGINE TO START. AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH FENCE INTO BORROW PIT

Other reports on N733WK · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19891016040719AScud Running · Eddyville, KYStruck a radio tower and crashed while following a tollway under low clouds and heavy rain. Was advised not to go.Oct 16, 1989 · Destroyed · 2 fatal Incident 19881216065329IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Red Oak, IAStudent lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway and nosed up. Minor damage to aircraft.Dec 16, 1988 · Minor damage