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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172D · Rochester, MN · November 27, 1981

Date: November 27, 1981 · 07:15 local
Place: Rochester, MN
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N159AE
Reported as: Cessna 172D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total20 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N159AERegistered now · Cessna 172DS/N 17249954 Airframe modelCessna 172D Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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 low. Hand propped. Engine started so did airplane. Pilot got in but failed to close throttle hit hangar.

As the FAA filed it

BATTERY LOW. HAND PROPPED. ENGINE STARTED SO DID AIRPLANE. PILOT GOT IN BUT FAILED TO CLOSE THROTTLE HIT HANGAR.