# Incident 19820913053949I: Amtraa BABYACEC, Palmer, MA, September 13, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1982, 15:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, MA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1584° N, 72.3287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1584&lon=-72.3287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88856 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAA BABYACEC
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820913053949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT PROPPED ENGINE WITH COCKPIT NOT OCCUPIED. AIRPLANE OVERRAN CHOCKS. HIT HANGAR AND AUTO.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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