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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · College Station, TX · November 28, 1983

Date
November 28, 1983 · 14:50 local
Place
College Station, TX
Airport
Easterwood
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N74628
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
102 total60 in this make and model50 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.

Low battery. A mechanic offered to turn prop to loosen bendix with switch off. Engine fired. Prop hit mechanics arm

As the FAA filed it

LOW BATTERY. A MECHANIC OFFERED TO TURN PROP TO LOOSEN BENDIX WITH SWITCH OFF. ENGINE FIRED. PROP HIT MECHANICS ARM