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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R172K · Manvel, TX · February 13, 1982

Date
February 13, 1982 · 10:30 local
Place
Manvel, TX
Airport
Wolfe
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N758PL
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO360K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
181 total179 in this make and model55 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.

Pilot hand propped engine without chocks and non-pilot at controls. Tie down ropes broke. Plane hit trailer.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITHOUT CHOCKS AND NON-PILOT AT CONTROLS. TIE DOWN ROPES BROKE. PLANE HIT TRAILER.