19821209065769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrsa STITSSA7D · Creve Coeur, MO · December 9, 1982

Date
December 9, 1982 · 14:45 local
Place
Creve Coeur, MO
Airport
Creve Coeur
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7544U
Reported as
Amtrsa STITSSA7D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,800 total25 in this make and model25 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.

Aircraft hit a parked aircraft. Plane was hand cranked. Passengers used rudder for brake instead of hand brakes.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT A PARKED AIRCRAFT. PLANE WAS HAND CRANKED. PASSENGERS USED RUDDER FOR BRAKE INSTEAD OF HAND BRAKES.