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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 175 · Wink, TX · August 30, 1983

Date: August 30, 1983 · 07:00 local
Place: Wink, TX
Airport: Wink
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7376M
Reported as: Cessna 175
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total350 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N7376MRegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2013 · Cessna 175S/N 55676 · Built 1958 Airframe modelCessna 175 Engine modelContinental GO-300 seriesReciprocating

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.

Low battery. Engine started by hand propping at high RPM. A wing tiedown broke. Aircraft hit a parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

LOW BATTERY. ENGINE STARTED BY HAND PROPPING AT HIGH RPM. A WING TIEDOWN BROKE. AIRCRAFT HIT A PARKED AIRCRAFT.