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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Blythe, CA · June 13, 1982

Date
June 13, 1982 · 11:15 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Airport
Blythe
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78337
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total400 in this make and model19 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 which revved up from loose friction lock. Aircraft jumped chocks, hit parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE WHICH REVVED UP FROM LOOSE FRICTION LOCK.AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS, HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N78337 · 1

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