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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Oklahoma City, OK · March 4, 1983

Date
March 4, 1983 · 12:00 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Expressway
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35TH
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total500 in this make and model45 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.

Engine started when pilot hand turned propeller. Unsecured aircraft ran into a fuel truck. Magneto not grounded.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STARTED WHEN PILOT HAND TURNED PROPELLER. UNSECURED AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A FUEL TRUCK. MAGNETO NOT GROUNDED.