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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 35BEECH · Birmingham, AL · July 20, 1982

Date
July 20, 1982 · 02:00 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2TP
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL82DA205
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental IO470C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,888 total789 in this make and model29 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.

Low battery. Airplane jumped chocks when pilot hand turned prop to clear engine. Airplane struck a parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

LOW BATTERY. AIRPLANE JUMPED CHOCKS WHEN PILOT HAND TURNED PROP TO CLEAR ENGINE. AIRPLANE STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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