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Accident

FAA accident report · Cessna 182 · Avalon, CA · July 10, 1983

Date
July 10, 1983 · 19:00 local
Place
Avalon, CA
Airport
Avalon
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3602U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83FUA04
Reported as
Cessna 182
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total340 in this make and model65 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.

Pilot mechanic struck by prop while trying to position it with magnetos off. Ground wire lug on right mag fell out.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MECHANIC STRUCK BY PROP WHILE TRYING TO POSITION IT WITH MAGNETOS OFF.GROUND WIRE LUG ON RIGHT MAG FELL OUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.