19820917056069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbx BENSENB8M · Midland, TX · September 17, 1982

Date
September 17, 1982 · 15:00 local
Place
Midland, TX
Airport
Skyranch
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2370
Reported as
Amtrbx BENSENB8M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8 total8 in this make and model8 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.

Student standing outside reached in and started gyroplane. Gyroplane ran into a parked airplane and steel post.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT STANDING OUTSIDE REACHED IN AND STARTED GYROPLANE. GYROPLANE RAN INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE AND STEEL POST.