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Incident · Damage unknown

FAA incident report · Amtrsm DSA1 · Houston, TX · July 5, 1982

Date
July 5, 1982 · 16:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Damage unknown
Aircraft
N37911
Reported as
Amtrsm DSA1
Reported engine
Continental C85*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total10 in this make and model50 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 with no one at controls, no wheel chocks. Engine started, aircraft hit parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITH NO ONE AT CONTROLS, NO WHEEL CHOCKS. ENGINE STARTED, AIRCRAFT HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.