# Incident 19810816062269I: Cessna 172K, Little Falls, MN, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Little Falls, MN
- Airport: Morrison Co
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9877° N, 94.3548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Falls, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9877&lon=-94.3548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7864Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7864Z-2020-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 175 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816062269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT AND PASSENGER STARTED AIRCRAFT WITH CAR BATTERY. PASSENGER INJURED DURING BATTERY DISCONNECT ATTEMPT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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