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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182C · Chino, CA · August 20, 1983

Date
August 20, 1983 · 15:20 local
Place
Chino, CA
Airport
Chino
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8697T
Reported as
Cessna 182C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
90 total10 in this make and model20 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 tapped stuck starter solenoid while his wife engaged the starter. Engine fired. Aircraft hit parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAPPED STUCK STARTER SOLENOID WHILE HIS WIFE ENGAGED THE STARTER. ENGINE FIRED. AIRCRAFT HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.