# Incident 19821229067289I: Cessna 206CESSNA, North Platte, NE, December 29, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1982, 11:34 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1256° N, 100.7498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Platte, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1256&lon=-100.7498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3998G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3998G-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206C (registry code 2073334, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821229067289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT MAG SWITCH ON WHILE ATTACHING A BOOSTER BATTERY TO STARTER. ENGINE FIRED. AIRPLANE HIT PARKED AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N3998G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880131005419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131005419I), Jan 31, 1988: Cessna TU206C (N3998G), Los Lunas, NM, 1 fatal. Main parachute did not deploy on jump. Reserve chute tore apart on deployment. Parachutist killed on ground impact.
- [Incident 19810510029239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810510029239I), May 10, 1981: Cessna TU206C (N3998G), Valencia, NM, Minor damage. Nose gear collar broke on takeoff. Landed with nose wheel cocked resulting in damaged strut seal and prop tips.

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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