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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Payson, AZ · February 28, 1982

Date: February 28, 1982 · 10:45 local
Place: Payson, AZ
Airport: Payson
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34900
Reported as: Cessna 177
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 104 total83 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N34900Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702074 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 177B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Moved prop backwards to check alternator belt. Engine started. Unsecured aircraft struck a parked car.

As the FAA filed it

MOVED PROP BACKWARDS TO CHECK ALTERNATOR BELT. ENGINE STARTED. UNSECURED AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED CAR.