19811226082279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 175A · Mount Pleasant, TX · December 26, 1981

Date
December 26, 1981 · 13:00 local
Place
Mount Pleasant, TX
Airport
Mount Pleasant
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6994E
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82DRJ06
Reported as
Cessna 175A
Reported engine
Continental GO300C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
387 total265 in this make and model8 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.

Engine started unexpectedly when pilot was pulling prop through. Aircraft struck hangar door, then hangar.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STARTED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN PILOT WAS PULLING PROP THROUGH. AIRCRAFT STRUCK HANGAR DOOR, THEN HANGAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.