# Accident 19810831058489A: Cessna 172, Bay Minette, AL, August 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bay Minette, AL
- Airport: Alabama
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8906° N, 87.7935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bay Minette, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8906&lon=-87.7935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7006A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7006A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKJ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810831058489A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MASTER SWITCH ON. HAND PROPPED ENGINE. AIRPLANE RAN INTO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT N8310C WHEN ENGINE STARTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81FKJ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ34), Aug 31, 1981: Cessna 172 (N7006A), Bay Minette, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7006A (1)

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

- [Accident 20010802025869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010802025869A), Aug 2, 2001: Cessna 172 (N7006A), Mobile, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 2, 2001, at approximately 1130 central standard time N7006A a Cessna 172 made a hard landing on its nose wheel at the Mobile regional airport.…

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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